88R3533 KKR-F
By: Alvarado S.B. No. 716
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of post-traumatic stress disorder under
the workers' compensation system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 401.011, Labor Code, is amended by
amending Subdivision (35-a) and adding Subdivision (35-b) to read
as follows:
(35-a) "Post-traumatic stress disorder" means a
disorder that meets the diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic
stress disorder specified by the American Psychiatric Association
in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th
edition, or a later edition adopted by the commissioner.
(35-b) "Prosthetic device" means an artificial device
designed to replace, wholly or partly, an arm or leg.
SECTION 2. Section 504.019(a)(2), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(2) "Post-traumatic stress disorder" has the meaning
assigned by Section 401.011 [means a disorder that meets the
diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder specified
by the American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition, or a later
edition adopted by the commissioner of workers' compensation].
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a claim for workers' compensation benefits based on a
compensable injury that occurs on or after the effective date of
this Act. A claim based on a compensable injury that occurs before
that date is governed by the law as it existed on the date the
compensable injury occurred, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.