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House Bill 2089 |
House Author: Smithee |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Fraser |
House Bill 2089 amends the Labor Code to require the commissioner of workers' compensation to establish, by rule, a procedure by which an insurance carrier may recoup an overpayment of income benefits from future income benefit payments that are not reimbursable and by which an insurance carrier is required to pay an underpayment of income benefits. The bill requires the procedure for recouping overpayments to take into consideration the cause of the overpayment and to minimize the financial hardship to the injured employee.