By: Patterson (Senate Sponsor - Paxton) H.B. No. 1665
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019;
April 25, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Administration; May 3, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 3, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain workers' compensation reporting requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 406.145(f), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(f) If a subsequent hiring agreement is made to which the
joint agreement does not apply, the hiring contractor and
independent contractor shall notify in writing:
(1) [the division and] the hiring contractor's
workers' compensation insurance carrier; and
(2) the division, on the division's request [in
writing].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a notification required to be provided on or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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