Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2509 amends the Labor Code to authorize a state employee to use accrued annual leave after the employee's accrued sick leave is exhausted before receiving workers' compensation income benefits. The act also specifies that medical and income benefit payments are subject to the prompt payment requirements set forth in the Labor Code.

House Bill 2509 also amends the Texas Workers' Compensation Act to permit the State Office of Risk Management to maintain, rather than submit as part of its report to the legislature, certain information regarding injuries and benefits. The act also removes the requirement that the office maintain an allocation program for financing state workers' compensation benefits.