S.B. No. 901

AN ACT

relating to the amount of temporary income benefits to which an injured employee is entitled under the workers' compensation system.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 408.103(a), Labor Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) Subject to Sections 408.061 and 408.062, the amount of a temporary income benefit is equal to:

(1) 70 percent of the amount computed by subtracting the employee's weekly earnings after the injury from the employee's average weekly wage; or

(2) for the first 26 weeks, 75 percent of the amount computed by subtracting the employee's weekly earnings after the injury from the employee's average weekly wage if the employee earns less than $10 [$8.50] an hour.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a claim for temporary income 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, 2015.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 901 passed the Senate on April 9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 901 passed the House on May 5, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, two present not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor