Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers' Compensation Payment Authorization Form

On October 29, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed into law Senate Bill 1232, which amended the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act to require that employers and insurers offer claimants the option to receive their workers’ compensation wage loss payments by direct deposit. The Direct Deposit law took effect December 28, 2024. Pursuant to the law, direct deposit must be offered to all claimants as an option for payment of indemnity benefits on or before December 28, 2025. 

Employers and carriers can start offering direct deposit immediately. The Bureau recently issued a form (LIBC-215) that employers and carriers can send to claimants to authorize direct deposit. A copy of the form can be found at this link: 

Payment Authorization Form LIBC-215 

Please note that claimants are not required to use direct deposit, but the law requires that it be offered as an option.

Please contact any of our Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation attorneys if you have any questions regarding this new requirement. 

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