Restitution of undue benefits time-barred under Art. 47 LAVS by analogy

ATA/222/1995Corte di giustizia / Camera amministrativa28 apr 1995Dismissed

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A sickness insurance fund sought repayment of an undue insurance benefit. The court held that the restitution rule of Art. 47 LAVS applies by analogy in health insurance, but concluded that the action had been filed after the one-year deadline. The fund's claim was therefore time-barred and dismissed.

Massima Omnilex

Art. 47 LAVS; restitution of undue benefits by analogy in health insurance; limitation/peremption of the recovery action. The rules on restitution of undue payments under Art. 47 LAVS are applicable mutatis mutandis in health insurance. A restitution claim is forfeited when it is not asserted within the one-year period. If the action is brought after expiry of that period, the claim must be dismissed as time-barred, without need for further examination of the substantive entitlement.

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Descripteurs

ASSURANCE SOCIALE; REMBOURSEMENT DE FRAIS(ASSURANCE); PRESTATION D'ASSURANCE INDUE; PEREMPTION; PRESCRIPTION

Normes

LAVS.47

Résumé

L'art.47 LAVS lequel régit la restitution de l'indû est appliqué par analogie en assurance-maladie. Action de la caisse périmée car intentée en dehors du délai d'une année.

Parole chiave

social insurancerestitutionundue benefithealth insurancelimitation periodforfeiture

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Questione giuridica chiave

Whether Art. 47 LAVS on restitution of undue payments applies by analogy in health insurance.

Decisione estratta

Yes. The restitution regime of Art. 47 LAVS applies by analogy to health insurance.

Motivazione estratta

The court treated the undue-benefit recovery rules of old-age and survivors' insurance as applicable mutatis mutandis in health insurance.

Questione giuridica chiave

Whether the fund's action for repayment was brought within the limitation period.

Decisione estratta

No. The action was time-barred because it was filed after the one-year period.

Motivazione estratta

The claim was filed outside the one-year deadline governing restitution claims, so the right to recover was forfeited.

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