Texas Labor Code Title 5, Chapter 505 - Workers' Compensation Insurance Coverage For Employees Of Texas Department Of Transportation

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 505.001 - Definitions
  (a) In this chapter: (1) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265, Sec. 7.01(32), eff. September 1, 2005. (2) "Department" means the Texas Department...

SUBCHAPTER B COVERAGE

• Texas Section 505.002 - 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...
• Texas Section 505.011 - Workers' Compensation Coverage For Department Employees
  The department shall pay benefits as provided by this chapter to an employee with a compensable injury. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1,...
• Texas Section 505.012 - Authority To Self-insure
  The department may self-insure. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

SUBCHAPTER C ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 505.013 - Individuals Employed By Subcontractors
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an individual employed by a subcontractor performing work under contract with the department is not considered an employee...
• Texas Section 505.051 - Administration; Rules; Forms
  (a) The department shall administer this chapter. (b) Process and procedure under this chapter shall be as summary as possible. (c) The department may: (1)...
• Texas Section 505.052 - Percentage Of Payroll Set Aside For Workers' Compensation Expenses; Account; Reports
  (a) The department may set aside from its available appropriations, other than itemized appropriations, an amount not exceeding three and one-half percent of the department's...
• Texas Section 505.053 - Certified Copies Of Division Documents
  (a) The division of workers' compensation shall furnish a certified copy of an order, award, decision, or paper on file with the division to a...
• Texas Section 505.054 - Preemployment Physical Required; Examining Physicians
  (a) An individual may not be certified as an employee of the department under this chapter until the individual: (1) submits to a physical examination...
• Texas Section 505.055 - Reports Of Injuries
  (a) A report of an injury filed with the division of workers' compensation under Section 409.005, in addition to the information required by commissioner of...
• Texas Section 505.056 - Required Examination Of Injured Employee; Refusal To Submit To Examination
  (a) The division of workers' compensation may require an employee who claims to have been injured to submit to an examination by the division or...
• Texas Section 505.057 - Refusal To Submit To Medical Treatment
  (a) The commissioner of workers' compensation may order or direct the department to reduce or suspend the compensation of an injured employee if the employee:...
• Texas Section 505.058 - Postponement Of Hearing
  If an injured employee is receiving benefits under this chapter and the department is providing hospitalization or medical treatment to the employee, the division of...
• Texas Section 505.059 - Notice Of Appeal; Notice Of Trial Court Judgment; Offense
  (a) In each case appealed from the division of workers' compensation to a county or district court: (1) the clerk of the court shall mail...
• Texas Section 505.060 - Effect Of Sick Leave; Annual Leave
  (a) An employee may elect to use accrued sick leave before receiving income benefits. If an employee elects to use sick leave, the employee is...

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