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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the amount of temporary income benefits to which an |
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injured employee is entitled under the workers' compensation |
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system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 408.103(a), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Subject to Sections 408.061 and 408.062, the amount of a |
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temporary income benefit is equal to: |
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(1) 70 percent of the amount computed by subtracting |
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the employee's weekly earnings after the injury from the employee's |
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average weekly wage; or |
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(2) for the first 26 weeks, 75 percent of the amount |
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computed by subtracting the employee's weekly earnings after the |
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injury from the employee's average weekly wage if the employee |
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earns less than $14 [$8.50] an hour. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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claim for temporary income benefits based on a compensable injury |
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that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. A claim |
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based on a compensable injury that occurs before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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compensable injury occurred, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |