Bill Text: TX HB1607 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the amount of temporary income benefits to which an injured employee is entitled under the workers’ compensation system.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-04 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB1607 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1607-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Collier, Oliveira, Sheets H.B. No. 1607

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the amount of temporary income benefits to which an
injured employee is entitled under the workers’ compensation
system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 408.103(a), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Subject to Sections 408.061 and 408.062, the amount of a
temporary income benefit is equal to:
(1) 70 percent of the amount computed by subtracting
the employee’s weekly earnings after the injury from the employee’s
average weekly wage; or
(2) for the first 26 weeks, 75 percent of the amount
computed by subtracting the employee’s weekly earnings after the
injury from the employee’s average weekly wage if the employee
earns less than $10 [$8.50] an hour.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
claim for temporary income 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 the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
compensable injury occurred, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.