Texas Labor Code Title 5, Chapter 409 - Compensation Procedures

SUBCHAPTER A INJURY REPORTS, CLAIMS, AND RECORDS

• Texas Section 409.001 - Notice Of Injury To Employer
  (a) An employee or a person acting on the employee's behalf shall notify the employer of the employee of an injury not later than the...
• Texas Section 409.002 - Failure To File Notice Of Injury
  Failure to notify an employer as required by Section 409.001(a) relieves the employer and the employer's insurance carrier of liability under this subtitle unless: (1)...
• Texas Section 409.003 - Claim For Compensation
  An employee or a person acting on the employee's behalf shall file with the division a claim for compensation for an injury not later than...
• Texas Section 409.004 - Effect Of Failure To File Claim For Compensation
  Failure to file a claim for compensation with the division as required under Section 409.003 relieves the employer and the employer's insurance carrier of liability...
• Texas Section 409.005 - Report Of Injury; Modified Duty Program Notice; Administrative Violation
  (a) An employer shall report to the employer's insurance carrier if: (1) an injury results in the absence of an employee of that employer from...
• Texas Section 409.006 - Record Of Injuries; Administrative Violation
  (a) An employer shall maintain a record of each employee injury as reported by an employee or otherwise made known to the employer. (b) The...
• Texas Section 409.007 - Death Benefit Claims
  (a) A person must file a claim for death benefits with the division not later than the first anniversary of the date of the employee's...
• Texas Section 409.008 - Failure To File Employer Report Of Injury; Limitations Tolled
  If an employer or the employer's insurance carrier has been given notice or has knowledge of an injury to or the death of an employee...
• Texas Section 409.009 - Subclaims
  A person may file a written claim with the division as a subclaimant if the person has: (1) provided compensation, including health care provided by...
• Texas Section 409.0091 - Reimbursement Procedures For Certain Entities
  (a) In this section, "health care insurer" means an insurance carrier and an authorized representative of an insurance carrier, as described by Section 402.084(c-1). (b)...
• Texas Section 409.010 - Information Provided To Employee Or Legal Beneficiary
  Immediately on receiving notice of an injury or death from any person, the division shall mail to the employee or legal beneficiary a clear and...
• Texas Section 409.011 - Information Provided To Employer; Employer's Rights
  (a) Immediately on receiving notice of an injury or death from any person, the division shall mail to the employer a description of: (1) the...
• Texas Section 409.012 - Vocational Rehabilitation Information
  (a) The division shall analyze each report of injury received from an employer under this chapter to determine whether the injured employee would be assisted...

SUBCHAPTER B PAYMENT OF BENEFITS

• Texas Section 409.013 - Plain Language Information; Notification Of Injured Employee
  (a) The division shall develop information for public dissemination about the benefit process and the compensation procedures established under this chapter. The information must be...
• Texas Section 409.021 - Initiation Of Benefits; Insurance Carrier's Refusal; Administrative Violation
  (a) An insurance carrier shall initiate compensation under this subtitle promptly. Not later than the 15th day after the date on which an insurance carrier...
• Texas Section 409.022 - Refusal To Pay Benefits; Notice; Administrative Violation
  (a) An insurance carrier's notice of refusal to pay benefits under Section 409.021 must specify the grounds for the refusal. (b) The grounds for the...
• Texas Section 409.023 - Payment Of Benefits; Administrative Violation
  (a) An insurance carrier shall continue to pay benefits promptly as and when the benefits accrue without a final decision, order, or other action of...
• Texas Section 409.0231 - Payment By Electronic Funds Transfer
  (a) An insurance carrier shall offer employees entitled to the payment of benefits for a period of sufficient duration the option of receiving the payments...
• Texas Section 409.0232 - Timeliness Of Payments
  An insurance carrier is considered to have paid benefits in a timely manner if a payment: (1) is made by electronic funds transfer and is...
• Texas Section 409.024 - Termination Or Reduction Of Benefits; Notice; Administrative Violation
  (a) An insurance carrier shall file with the division a notice of termination or reduction of benefits, including the reasons for the termination or reduction,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016