Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB33 Compare Versions

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1	1	81R443 KSD-F
2	2	By: Leibowitz H.B. No. 33
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to certain requirements for employers not covered by
8	8	workers' compensation insurance.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 406.004(a), Labor Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	(a) An employer who does not obtain workers' compensation
13	13	insurance coverage shall:
14	14	(1) notify the division in writing, in the time and as
15	15	prescribed by commissioner rule, that the employer elects not to
16	16	obtain coverage; and
17	17	(2) provide to the division in conjunction with the
18	18	notification required by Subdivision (1) and in accordance with
19	19	rules prescribed by the commissioner:
20	20	(A) data relating to each work-related injury
21	21	sustained by an employee of the employer and any related benefits
22	22	paid to the employee by the employer; and
23	23	(B) certification that the employer will not,
24	24	before the 10th day after the date of the accrual of an employee's
25	25	cause of action against the employer to recover damages for
26	26	personal injury or death sustained by the employee in the course and
27	27	scope of the employee's employment, enter into a contract with the
28	28	employee that affects a procedural or substantive right of the
29	29	employee to recover damages in that action.
30	30	SECTION 2. The commissioner of workers' compensation of the
31	31	Texas Department of Insurance shall adopt rules under Section
32	32	406.004(a), Labor Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as
33	33	practicable after the effective date of this Act.
34	34	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.