Texas Labor Code Title 5, Chapter 504 - Workers' Compensation Insurance Coverage For Employees Of Political Subdivisions

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 504.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context: (1) "Division" means the division of workers' compensation of the Texas Department...
• Texas Section 504.002 - Application Of General Workers' Compensation Laws; Limit On Actions And Damages
  (a) The following provisions of Subtitles A and B apply to and are included in this chapter except to the extent that they are inconsistent...

SUBCHAPTER B COVERAGE

• Texas Section 504.003 - Election Of Remedies
  A person may not bring an action for wrongful discharge under both Chapter 451 and Chapter 554, Government Code. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269,...
• Texas Section 504.011 - Method Of Providing Coverage
  A political subdivision shall extend workers' compensation benefits to its employees by: (1) becoming a self-insurer; (2) providing insurance under a workers' compensation insurance policy;...
• Texas Section 504.012 - Optional Coverages
  (a) A political subdivision may cover volunteer fire fighters, police officers, emergency medical personnel, and other volunteers that are specifically named. A person covered under...
• Texas Section 504.013 - Coverage For Trustees And Staff Of Self-insurance Fund
  By majority vote of the board of trustees of a self-insurance fund created under this chapter, the fund may cover: (1) members of the board...
• Texas Section 504.014 - Exclusions
  A person is not an employee and is not entitled to compensation under this chapter if the person: (1) is in the service of a...
• Texas Section 504.015 - Municipal Utilities
  (a) This section applies to a municipal utility operated by a board of trustees established under Section 1502.070, Government Code, or a similar law. (b)...
• Texas Section 504.016 - Joint Insurance Fund
  (a) Two or more political subdivisions may establish a joint insurance fund as provided by this section. (b) A political subdivision may pay into the...
• Texas Section 504.017 - Federal And State Funded Transportation Entities
  An entity is eligible to participate under Section 504.016 or Chapter 791 or 2259, Government Code, if the entity provides transportation subsidized in whole or...

SUBCHAPTER C BENEFITS AND OFFSETS

• Texas Section 504.018 - Notice To Division And Employees; Effect On Common-law Or Statutory Liability
  (a) A political subdivision shall notify the division of the method by which its employees will receive benefits, the approximate number of employees covered, and...
• Texas Section 504.051 - Offset Against Payments For Incapacity
  (a) Benefits provided under this chapter shall be offset: (1) to the extent applicable, by any amount for incapacity received as provided by: (A) Chapter...
• Texas Section 504.052 - Sick Leave Benefits
  (a) The governing body of a political subdivision, by majority vote, may provide that while an employee of the political subdivision is receiving benefits under...
• Texas Section 504.053 - Election
  (a) A political subdivision that self-insures either individually or collectively shall provide workers' compensation medical benefits to the injured employees of the political subdivision through...
• Texas Section 504.054 - Contested Case Hearing On And Judicial Review Of Independent Review
  (a) A party to a medical dispute that remains unresolved after the review described by Section 504.053(d)(3) is entitled to a contested case hearing. A...
• Texas Section 504.055 - Expedited Provision Of Medical Benefits For Certain Injuries Sustained By First Responder In Course And Scope Of Employment
  (a) In this section, "first responder" means: (1) an individual employed by a political subdivision of this state who is: (A) a peace officer under...

SUBCHAPTER D ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 504.056 - Intent Of Expedited Provision Of Medical Benefits For Certain Injuries Sustained By First Responder In Course And Scope Of Employment
  The purpose of Section 504.055 is to ensure that an injured first responder's claim for medical benefits is accelerated by a political subdivision, insurance carrier,...
• Texas Section 504.071 - Rules; Forms
  A political subdivision may: (1) adopt and publish rules and prescribe and furnish forms necessary to effectively administer this chapter; and (2) adopt and enforce...
• Texas Section 504.072 - Appropriations For Disbursements; Account; Report
  (a) A political subdivision may set aside from available appropriations, other than itemized salary appropriations, an amount sufficient to pay all costs, administrative expenses, benefits,...
• Texas Section 504.073 - Representation In Legal Proceedings
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), in a proceeding in connection with workers' compensation benefits provided by a political subdivision as a self-insurer, the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016