Eligibility
A CSU employee who suffers a disability arising out of or in the course of CSU employment may receive IDL benefits if all of the following conditions have been met:
- Is an active CalPERS or STRS member, and
- Has a disability which has been verified and accepted by the CSU's third party administrator (TPA) for workers' compensation insurance as industrially caused, and
- Has chosen to receive IDL benefits in lieu of Workers' Compensation Temporary Disability benefits, or has failed to make a choice within fifteen (15) days from the date of the notice of benefit eligibility, and
- Has been unable to work as a result of injury or illness since:
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- the third calendar day of disability following the day of injury or illness, or
- the first day the injured employee leaves work as a result of an injury resulting from a criminal act of violence against the employee, or
- the first day of hospitalization, or
- the day following the injury if the employee is absent from work for more than 14 calendar days because of the injury.
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Eligibility shall be contingent upon appropriate medical determination and the agreement of the employee to cooperate and participate in a reasonable vocational rehabilitation plan when furnished by the California State University. An employee shall become entitled, regardless of his/her period of service, to receive IDL payments in lieu of Workers' Compensation Temporary Disability (TD) payments with/without supplementation of appropriate leave credits.