Cite as: 85 CNCA § 4

The employer may provide insurance for any or all of the benefits provided herein. To the extent no coverage is provided, the employer shall be deemed to be self-insured and therefore responsible for payment of those benefits. Nothing herein shall be deemed to be an acknowledgment of jurisdiction of a court or a waiver of sovereign immunity in any proceeding of any state, tribe, the United States or any other jurisdiction. Provided further, the sovereign immunity of Cherokee Nation or other employer shall not be raised as a defense when a claim is brought properly under the provisions of this Title.

Historical Data

LA 08–04, eff. April 21, 2004. Amended LA 31–05, eff. October 16, 2005; LA 21–06, eff. October 19, 2006; LA 20–10, eff. August 15, 2010.