| 1 | 1 | | By: Collier, Oliveira, Sheets H.B. No. 1607 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the amount of temporary income benefits to which an |
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| 7 | 7 | | injured employee is entitled under the workers’ compensation |
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| 8 | 8 | | system. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 408.103(a), Labor Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) Subject to Sections 408.061 and 408.062, the amount of a |
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| 13 | 13 | | temporary income benefit is equal to: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) 70 percent of the amount computed by subtracting |
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| 15 | 15 | | the employee’s weekly earnings after the injury from the employee’s |
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| 16 | 16 | | average weekly wage; or |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) for the first 26 weeks, 75 percent of the amount |
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| 18 | 18 | | computed by subtracting the employee’s weekly earnings after the |
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| 19 | 19 | | injury from the employee’s average weekly wage if the employee |
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| 20 | 20 | | earns less than $10 [$8.50] an hour. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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| 22 | 22 | | claim for temporary income benefits based on a compensable injury |
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| 23 | 23 | | that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. A claim |
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| 24 | 24 | | based on a compensable injury that occurs before the effective date |
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| 25 | 25 | | of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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| 26 | 26 | | compensable injury occurred, and the former law is continued in |
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| 27 | 27 | | effect for that purpose. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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