Bill Text: TX HB2691 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2691 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the submission date of the office of injured employee counsel's legislative report.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-16 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2691 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB2691-Introduced.html

	82R10736 RWG-F

	By: Deshotel	H.B. No. 2691



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the submission date of the office of injured employee
	counsel's legislative report.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 404.106(a), Labor Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a) The office shall report to the governor, lieutenant
	governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairs
	of the legislative committees with appropriate jurisdiction not
	later than January 1 [~~December 1~~] of each odd-numbered
	[~~even-numbered~~] year. The report must include:
	(1) a description of the activities of the office;
	(2) identification of any problems in the workers'
	compensation system from the perspective of injured employees as a
	class, as considered by the public counsel, with recommendations
	for regulatory and legislative action; and
	(3) an analysis of the ability of the workers'
	compensation system to provide adequate, equitable, and timely
	benefits to injured employees at a reasonable cost to employers.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.