83R7857 KKR-D
	By: Walle	H.B. No. 3311

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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.