Texas Work Comp News

Published by Howdy Workers on April 26, 2021April 26, 2021

The latest news about workers compensation in Texas.

• Legislation Would Restore Bad Faith to Texas Workers' Compensation System
  March 24, 2023
  By Steve Nichols, Contributor A Texas legislator has filed a bill in the state House of Representatives that would restore bad faith to the Texas workers’ compensation claim. Rep. Nichole Collier House Bill…
• Discount Rate Dips Slightly to 7.99%
  March 22, 2023
  The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the interest rate used to calculate the present-day value of lump-sum settlements will drop to 7.99% on April 1 from the 8.11%…
• Court Revives Injured Worker's Tort Suit Against Property Owner
  March 20, 2023
  A Texas appellate court revived an injured worker’s tort claims against a property owner, finding the owner was not entitled to summary judgment based on an exclusive remedy defense. Case: Olivares…
• Annual Workers' Compensation Nonsubscriber Reporting Period Open
  March 17, 2023
  The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation said the reporting period is open for employers that opted out of providing coverage or have recently ended coverage. Employers that don’t provide workers’ compensation…
• TDI Adopts Changes to Basic Manual for Workers' Compensation
  March 16, 2023
  The Texas Department of Insurance adopted NCCI Item B-1446-“Revisions to NCCI's Basic Manual, Residual Market Manual, and Forms Manual.” The amendments in Item B-1446 replace the countrywide table of classifications by…
• Bills Would Discontinue Group Self-Insurance, Dissolve Guaranty Fund
  March 13, 2023
  Texas lawmakers proposed a bill that would discontinue group self-insurance and dissolve the Texas Self-Insurance Group Guaranty Fund and Trust Fund. Identical companion measures HB 4859 and SB 2269 would prohibit…
• Court Tosses Injured Worker's Retaliatory Termination Claim
  March 7, 2023
  A Texas appellate court ruled that a trial judge should have granted an employer’s motion for summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s retaliatory termination claim. Case: Texas Health and Human Services…
• DWC Seeks Comments on Forms Changes
  March 6, 2023
  The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is seeking public comments on proposed changes to forms relating to medical examinations, annuities, lump-sum payments and maximum medical improvement following spinal surgery. The DWC…
• Court Partially Reinstates Invalidated Agency Rule on Supplemental Income Benefits
  March 3, 2023
  A Texas appellate court upheld a determination that an agency rule regarding eligibility for workers' compensation supplemental income benefits was invalid, but reinstated a second rule. The Accident Fund Insurance Co.
• Subscribing Employer Has Civil Liability for Worker's Fall in Parking Lot
  March 1, 2023
  A Texas appellate court upheld an award of $19,789.01 for a worker in a premises liability suit against her employer for her fall in the parking lot of her workplace. Case:…

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