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House Bill 1774 |
House Author: Taylor, Larry |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Huffman |
House Bill 1774 amends the Labor Code to continue the office of injured employee counsel to September 1, 2017, to incorporate certain across-the-board sunset provisions relating to negotiated rulemaking, alternative dispute resolution, and complaints, and to change the deadline for the office's legislative report to January 1 of each odd-numbered year. The office is authorized to seek and accept grant funding to enable it to perform its duties. The bill entitles the office, when it is assisting an injured employee, to the same access to information related to the employee's injury and workers' compensation claim as the employee or any other party to the claim and requires the division of workers' compensation of the Texas Department of Insurance to provide, on the office's request, the identity, claim number, and contact information of claimants receiving assistance from the office.