81R1913 KCR-D
 
  By: Solomons H.B. No. 2198
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the notice required of certain political subdivisions
  concerning certain workers' compensation benefits.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 504.053, Labor Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
         (f)  If a political subdivision or pool provides medical
  benefits in a manner authorized under Subsection (b), the political
  subdivision or pool shall provide:
               (1)  the notice an insurance carrier or employer is
  required to provide to employees under Section 1305.005, Insurance
  Code; and
               (2)  any applicable information described by Section
  1305.451, Insurance Code.
         (g)  An injured employee of a political subdivision or pool
  that provides medical benefits in a manner authorized under
  Subsection (b) shall be treated in the same manner as an injured
  employee is treated under Sections 1305.005(f) and (h), Insurance
  Code.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a claim for workers' compensation benefits based on a
  compensable injury that occurs on or after the effective date of
  this Act. A claim based on a compensable injury that occurs before
  the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
  the date the compensable injury occurred, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.