Bill Text: TX SB1020 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requirements for employers who do not obtain workers' compensation insurance coverage under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-12 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1020 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1020-Introduced.html
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| By: Ellis | S.B. No. 1020 | |
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| relating to requirements for employers who do not obtain workers' | ||
| compensation insurance coverage under the Texas Workers' | ||
| Compensation Act. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 406, Labor Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 406.0025 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 406.0025. LIFE INSURANCE COVERAGE REQUIRED FOR | ||
| NONSUBSCRIBING EMPLOYERS. (a) An employer who does not obtain | ||
| workers' compensation insurance coverage must obtain life | ||
| insurance coverage for each employee with a death benefit of not | ||
| less than $200,000. | ||
| (b) An employer may not be a beneficiary of a policy | ||
| described by Subsection (a). | ||
| (c) Acceptance of a death benefit paid by a life insurance | ||
| policy under this section does not affect the right of the | ||
| beneficiary or other person to bring a civil action against the | ||
| employer. | ||
| (d) An employer commits an administrative violation if the | ||
| employer fails to comply with this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 406.004(b), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) The commissioner shall prescribe forms to be used for | ||
| the employer notification and shall require the employer to | ||
| provide: | ||
| (1) reasonable information to the division about the | ||
| employer's business; and | ||
| (2) proof of the employer's compliance with Section | ||
| 406.0025. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014. | ||
