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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the compensability of injuries sustained at a location |
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other than an employer's worksite, including at an employee's home, |
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under the workers' compensation system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 401, Labor Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 401.027 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 401.027. COMPENSABILITY OF INJURIES SUSTAINED AT |
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CERTAIN LOCATIONS OTHER THAN EMPLOYER'S WORKSITE. For purposes of |
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this subtitle, an injury is not compensable if the injury arises |
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while the employee performs job duties for an employer at: |
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(1) the employee's home; or |
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(2) a location: |
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(A) that is not owned, operated, or controlled by |
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the employer; or |
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(B) at which the employee is not specifically |
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required to be to perform the employee's job duties. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a claim for workers' compensation benefits based on a |
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compensable injury that occurs on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A claim based on a compensable injury that occurs before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on |
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the date the compensable injury occurred, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |