Bill Text: TX HB1752 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to benefit review conferences under the Texas workers' compensation system.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-04 - Effective immediately [HB1752 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1752-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1752 | ||
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| relating to benefit review conferences under the Texas workers' | ||
| compensation system. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 410.005, Labor Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 410.005. CONDUCTING [ |
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| PROCEEDINGS. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 410.005, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| (a) Unless the division determines that good cause exists | ||
| for the selection of a different location, [ |
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| site more than 75 miles from the claimant's residence at the time of | ||
| the injury. | ||
| (d) The [ |
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| conduct a benefit review conference: | ||
| (1) telephonically; | ||
| (2) by videoconference; or | ||
| (3) in person, on showing of good cause as determined | ||
| by the division [ |
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| (e) Unless the division determines that good cause exists | ||
| for the selection of a different location, a benefit review | ||
| conference conducted in person under Subsection (d)(3) may not be | ||
| conducted at a site more than 75 miles from the claimant's residence | ||
| at the time of the injury. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 410.005, Labor Code, as amended by this | ||
| Act, applies to a benefit review conference requested on or after | ||
| the effective date of this Act. A benefit review conference | ||
| requested before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
| law in effect on the date the benefit review conference was | ||
| requested, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1752 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1752 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
