83R9758 JSC-D
By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 1051
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the determination of the impairment rating of an
employee with a lumbar injury under the workers' compensation
system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 408.124, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) For determining the existence and degree of an
employee's impairment related to a lumbar injury, the division
shall use the range of motion model in the publication under
Subsection (b) or (c), as applicable.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an assignment of an impairment rating that is made on or after
the effective date of this Act. An assignment that is made before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
the date the assignment was made, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.