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By: Walle H.B. No. 690
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to injury and occupational disease reporting requirements
for employers who do not obtain or otherwise provide workers'
compensation insurance coverage; providing an administrative
violation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.032, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) and amending Subsections (b) and
(c) to read as follows:
(a-1) In addition to complying with Section 411.033, an
employer who does not obtain or otherwise provide workers'
compensation insurance coverage shall report to the division
regarding each injury or occupational disease described by
Subsection (a):
(1) the total cost of medical treatment paid;
(2) the number of days the employee was absent from
work;
(3) the amount of any wage replacement paid to the
employee; and
(4) the amount of any other settlement paid to the
employee.
(a-2) A report filed under Subsection (a-1) must reflect the
total payments made for each injury or occupational disease during
the one-year period following the date on which:
(1) the injury occurred; or
(2) the employer had knowledge of the occupational
disease.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules and prescribe the
form, [and] manner, and deadline for submission of reports filed
under this section.
(c) An employer commits an administrative violation if the
employer fails to report to the division as required under this
section [Subsection (a)] unless good cause exists, as determined by
the commissioner, for the failure.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
411.032, Labor Code, apply only to an injury or occupational
disease that occurs on or after June 1, 2016. An injury or
occupational disease that occurs before that date is governed by
the law in effect on the date the injury or occupational disease
occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.