Texas Work Comp News

The latest news about workers compensation in Texas.
- Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Jeff Nelson announced plans to study the impact of using the latest edition of the American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. Nelson…
- The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation published the latest edition of its newsletter aimed at promoting workplace safety. The new edition of the agency’s “Safety@Work” newsletter includes an article on protecting workers…
- The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is seeking input on ways to improve stakeholder meetings it holds with insurance carriers and health care providers. The division holds quarterly meetings with insurers…
- The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the maximum temporary income benefit is increasing Oct. 1. At the same time, the division announced that the interest rate used to calculate…
- The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation proposed amendments to Rule 122.100 and suggested a new Rule 124.8 concerning death benefits to implement HB 2314. HB 2314, enacted in June, allows surviving…
- The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting comments on the proposed 2024 agenda for the Workers’ Compensation Research and Evaluation Group. Texas Labor Code Section 405.0026 requires the group to…
- The Texas Department of Insurance is accepting comments on a filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance proposing changes related to state and federal tax multipliers. NCCI said individual state…
- The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is conducting a survey on costs to implement contemplated changes to the agency’s designated doctor and other certifying doctors’ billing and reimbursement rules. The informal…
- A divided Texas appellate court ruled that an employer could compel a widow to arbitrate her gross negligence claim arising from her husband’s fatal work accident. Case: Rush Truck Centers of…
- A Texas appellate court ruled that a truck driver knocked from an elevated railroad track by an oncoming train into traffic on a six-lane highway was entitled to benefits for…
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