81R1913 KCR-D
By: Watson S.B. No. 1924
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the notice required of certain political subdivisions
concerning certain workers' compensation benefits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 504.053, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
(f) If a political subdivision or pool provides medical
benefits in a manner authorized under Subsection (b), the political
subdivision or pool shall provide:
(1) the notice an insurance carrier or employer is
required to provide to employees under Section 1305.005, Insurance
Code; and
(2) any applicable information described by Section
1305.451, Insurance Code.
(g) An injured employee of a political subdivision or pool
that provides medical benefits in a manner authorized under
Subsection (b) shall be treated in the same manner as an injured
employee is treated under Sections 1305.005(f) and (h), Insurance
Code.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a claim for workers' compensation benefits based on a
compensable injury that occurs on or after the effective date of
this Act. A claim based on a compensable injury that occurs before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
the date the compensable injury occurred, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.