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Texas Labor Code - Chapter 404 Office Of Injured Employee CounselLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Labor Code > Texas Labor Code - Chapter 404 Office Of Injured Employee Counsel Sponsored LinksIn this chapter: (1) "Office" means the office of injured employee counsel. (2) "Public counsel" means the injured employee public counsel. Added by Acts 2005, ... (a) The office of injured employee counsel is established to represent the interests of workers' compensation claimants in this state. (b) The office is administratively ... The office of injured employee counsel is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, ... (a) The office shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the office. (b) The office shall make the information available to the ... (a) The office shall prepare and maintain a written plan that describes how a person who does not speak English can be provided reasonable access ... (a) The public counsel shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter. (b) Rulemaking under this section is subject to Chapter 2001, Government Code. ... (a) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint the injured employee public counsel. The public counsel serves a two-year term ... To be eligible to serve as public counsel, a person must: (1) be a resident of Texas; (2) be licensed to practice law in this ... A person is not eligible for appointment as public counsel if the person or the person's spouse: (1) is employed by or participates in the ... A person may not serve as public counsel if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of ... (a) It is a ground for removal from office that the public counsel: (1) does not have at the time of appointment or maintain during ... (a) A former public counsel may not make any communication to or appearance before the division, the department, the commissioner, the commissioner of insurance, or ... (a) In this section, "trade association" means a nonprofit, cooperative, and voluntarily joined association of business or professional competitors designed to assist its members and ... (a) The office shall, as provided by this subtitle: (1) provide assistance to workers' compensation claimants; (2) advocate on behalf of injured employees as a ... The public counsel shall administer and enforce this chapter, including preparing and submitting to the legislature a budget for the office and approving expenditures for ... (a) The office shall operate the ombudsman program under Subchapter D. (b) The public counsel shall assign staff attorneys, as the public counsel considers appropriate, ... The public counsel: (1) may appear or intervene, as a party or otherwise, as a matter of right before the commissioner, commissioner of insurance, division, ... The office, through the ombudsman program, may appear before the commissioner or division on behalf of an individual injured employee during an administrative dispute resolution ... (a) The office shall report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairs of the legislative committees with appropriate ... The public counsel: (1) is entitled to the same access as a party, other than division staff or department staff, to division or department records ... The public counsel may recommend proposed legislation to the legislature that the public counsel determines would positively affect the interests of injured employees as a ... The public counsel shall submit to the division and the department for adoption by the commissioners a notice of injured employee rights and responsibilities to ... Confidentiality requirements applicable to examination reports under Article 1.18, Insurance Code, and to the commissioner of insurance under Section 3A, Article 21.28-A, Insurance Code, apply ... (a) The office may access information from an executive agency that is otherwise confidential under a law of this state if that information is necessary ... (a) The office shall maintain an ombudsman program as provided by this subchapter to assist injured employees and persons claiming death benefits in obtaining benefits ... (a) At least one specially qualified employee in each division office shall be an ombudsman designated by the office of injured employee counsel, who shall ... (a) Each employer shall notify its employees of the ombudsman program in the manner prescribed by the office. (b) An employer commits an administrative violation ... The office shall widely disseminate information about the ombudsman program. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Renumbered from V.T.C.A., ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |