Bill Text: TX HB3311 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to reporting requirements for employers that do not obtain or otherwise provide workers' compensation insurance coverage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-16 - Left pending in committee [HB3311 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3311-Introduced.html
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| By: Walle | H.B. No. 3311 | |
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| relating to reporting requirements for employers that do not obtain | ||
| or otherwise provide workers' compensation insurance coverage. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 406, Labor Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 406.0045 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 406.0045. EMPLOYER REPORT TO DIVISION. (a) Not later | ||
| than February 28 of each year, an employer who does not obtain or | ||
| otherwise provide workers' compensation insurance coverage for all | ||
| or part of the preceding calendar year shall report to the division | ||
| each work-related injury sustained by an employee of the employer | ||
| during the preceding calendar year or portion of that year during | ||
| which the employer did not provide workers' compensation insurance | ||
| coverage, as applicable, that: | ||
| (1) resulted in: | ||
| (A) the employee being absent from one or more | ||
| days of work; | ||
| (B) a temporary or permanent modification of the | ||
| employee's work assignment; or | ||
| (C) a medical diagnosis of a significant | ||
| occupational injury or disease; or | ||
| (2) required medical treatment beyond the provision of | ||
| first aid. | ||
| (b) The employer shall report to the division regarding each | ||
| injury described by Subsection (a): | ||
| (1) the total cost of medical treatment; | ||
| (2) the portion of the cost of medical treatment paid | ||
| for or provided by the employer; | ||
| (3) the number of days the employee was absent from | ||
| work; | ||
| (4) the amount of any wage replacement paid by the | ||
| employer; and | ||
| (5) the amount of any other settlement paid by the | ||
| employer. | ||
| (c) The commissioner shall: | ||
| (1) adopt rules for the administration of this | ||
| section; and | ||
| (2) prescribe forms to be used for the report required | ||
| by this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. An employer is not required to submit the initial | ||
| report required by Section 406.0045, Labor Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, before February 28, 2015. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
