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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to workers' compensation supplemental income benefits. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 408.142(a), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) An employee is entitled to supplemental income benefits |
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if on the expiration of the impairment income benefit period |
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computed under Section 408.121(a)(1) the employee: |
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(1) has an impairment rating of 10 15 percent or more |
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as determined by this subtitle from the compensable injury; |
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(2) has not returned to work or has returned to work |
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earning less than 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage |
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as a direct result of the employee's impairment; |
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(3) has not elected to commute a portion of the |
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impairment income benefit under Section 408.128; and |
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(4) has complied with the requirements adopted under |
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Section 408.1415. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a claim for workers' compensation supplemental income benefits |
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based on an impairment rating for a compensable injury that is |
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determined under Chapter 408, Labor Code, on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. A claim based on an impairment rating that is |
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determined before that date is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the compensable injury occurred, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |