| Old | New | Differences | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 83R22082 JSC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Zedler H.B. No. 2629 | |
| 3 | 3 | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2629: | |
| 4 | 4 | By: Rodriguez of Travis C.S.H.B. No. 2629 | |
| 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the determination of the impairment rating of an | |
| 10 | 10 | employee with a lumbar injury under the workers' compensation | |
| 11 | 11 | system. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Section 408.124, Labor Code, is amended by | |
| 14 | 14 | adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | (d) Notwithstanding Subsections (b) and (c), for | |
| 16 | 16 | determining the existence and degree of an employee's impairment | |
| 17 | 17 | related to a lumbar injury, the division shall use the range of | |
| 18 | 18 | motion model in "Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment," | |
| 19 | 19 | Fourth Edition, dated June 1993, published by the American Medical | |
| 20 | 20 | Association. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 22 | 22 | to an assignment of an impairment rating that is made on or after | |
| 23 | 23 | the effective date of this Act. An assignment that is made before | |
| 24 | 24 | the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on | |
| 25 | 25 | the date the assignment was made, and the former law is continued in | |
| 26 | 26 | effect for that purpose. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |