Bill Text: TX SB263 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
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 |
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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 | ||
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under this section. | ||
(c) An employer commits an administrative violation if the | ||
employer fails to report to the division as required under this | ||
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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. |