Bill Text: TX SB263 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 263 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to injury and occupational disease reporting requirements for employers who do not obtain or otherwise provide workers' compensation insurance coverage; providing an administrative violation.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-28 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB263 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB263-Introduced.html

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	By: Ellis	S.B. No. 263



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to injury and occupational disease reporting requirements
	for employers who do not obtain or otherwise provide workers'
	compensation insurance coverage; providing an administrative
	violation.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 411.032, Labor Code, is amended by
	adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) and amending Subsections (b) and
	(c) to read as follows:
	(a-1) In addition to complying with Section 411.033, an
	employer who does not obtain or otherwise provide workers'
	compensation insurance coverage shall report to the division
	regarding each injury or occupational disease described by
	Subsection (a):
	(1) the total cost of medical treatment paid;
	(2) the number of days the employee was absent from
	work;
	(3) the amount of any wage replacement paid to the
	employee; and
	(4) the amount of any other settlement paid to the
	employee.
	(a-2) A report filed under Subsection (a-1) must reflect the
	total payments made for each injury or occupational disease during
	the one-year period following the date on which:
	(1) the injury occurred; or
	(2) the employer had knowledge of the occupational
	disease.
	(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules and prescribe the
	form, [~~and~~] manner, and deadline for submission of reports filed
	under this section.
	(c) An employer commits an administrative violation if the
	employer fails to report to the division as required under this
	section [~~Subsection (a)~~] unless good cause exists, as determined by
	the commissioner, for the failure.
	SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
	411.032, Labor Code, apply only to an injury or occupational
	disease that occurs on or after June 1, 2016. An injury or
	occupational disease that occurs before that date is governed by
	the law in effect on the date the injury or occupational disease
	occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that
	purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.