(1) (a) Before a servicemember may be considered disabled in accordance with this section, the Adjutant General shall determine whether the servicemember's illness, injury, or disease was contracted or occurred through the fault or negligence of the servicemember. If the servicemember is determined to be at fault for an injury or developed a disability through his or her own negligent actions, the servicemember is not entitled to any care, pension, or benefit in accordance with this section. (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a) the servicemember may be eligible for benefits in accordance with Title 34A, Chapter 2, Workers' Compensation Act, and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act.
(a) Before a servicemember may be considered disabled in accordance with this section, the Adjutant General shall determine whether the servicemember's illness, injury, or disease was contracted or occurred through the fault or negligence of the servicemember. If the servicemember is determined to be at fault for an injury or developed a disability through his or her own negligent actions, the servicemember is not entitled to any care, pension, or benefit in accordance with this section.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a) the servicemember may be eligible for benefits in accordance with Title 34A, Chapter 2, Workers' Compensation Act, and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act.
(2) A member of the Utah National Guard or Utah State Defense Force who is disabled through illness, injury, or disease contracted or incurred while on state active duty or while reasonably proceeding to or returning from duty is eligible to receive workers' compensation benefits in accordance with Title 34A, Chapter 2, Workers' Compensation Act.
(3) (a) If the disability temporarily incapacitates the servicemember from pursuing the servicemember's usual business or occupation, the servicemember is eligible to receive workers' compensation benefits in accordance with Title 34A, Chapter 2, Workers' Compensation Act, and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act. (b) For the duration of the servicemember's inability to pursue a business or occupation, the Adjutant General shall provide compensation equivalent to the difference between the disability compensation received under Subsection (3)(a) and the total pay and allowances under state active duty as provided in Section 39-1-51.
(a) If the disability temporarily incapacitates the servicemember from pursuing the servicemember's usual business or occupation, the servicemember is eligible to receive workers' compensation benefits in accordance with Title 34A, Chapter 2, Workers' Compensation Act, and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act.
(b) For the duration of the servicemember's inability to pursue a business or occupation, the Adjutant General shall provide compensation equivalent to the difference between the disability compensation received under Subsection (3)(a) and the total pay and allowances under state active duty as provided in Section 39-1-51.
(4) A servicemember who is permanently disabled, shall receive pensions and benefits from the state that persons under like circumstances in the Armed Forces of the United States receive from the United States.
(5) If a servicemember dies as a result of an injury, illness, or disease contracted or incurred while on state active duty or while reasonably proceeding to or returning from active duty, the surviving spouse, minor children, or dependent parents of the servicemember shall receive compensation as directed in Section 39-1-59.
(6) Costs incurred by reason of this section shall be paid out of the funds available to the Utah National Guard.
(7) The Adjutant General, with the approval of the governor, shall make and publish regulations to implement this section.
(8) Nothing in this section shall in any way limit or condition any other payment to a servicemember that the law allows.
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