88R13459 KKR-F
 
  By: Lambert H.B. No. 4556
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the determination of whether a person is intoxicated
  for purposes of the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 401.013, Labor Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read
  as follows:
         (a)  In this subtitle, "intoxication" means the state of:
               (1)  having an alcohol concentration to qualify as
  intoxicated under Section 49.01(2), Penal Code; or
               (2)  not having the normal use of mental or physical
  faculties by reason of [resulting from] the [voluntary]
  introduction into the body of:
                     (A)  an alcoholic beverage, as defined by Section
  1.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code;
                     (B)  a controlled substance or controlled
  substance analogue, as defined by Section 481.002, Health and
  Safety Code;
                     (C)  a dangerous drug, as defined by Section
  483.001, Health and Safety Code;
                     (D)  an abusable volatile chemical [glue or
  aerosol paint], as defined by Section 485.001, Health and Safety
  Code; or
                     (E)  any similar substance, the use of which is
  regulated under state law.
         (c)  An analysis of a specimen of blood, urine, or any bodily
  fluid collected during an autopsy that shows the presence [On the
  voluntary introduction into the body] of any substance listed under
  Subsection (a)(2) creates [(a)(2)(B), based on a blood test or
  urinalysis, it is] a rebuttable presumption that a person was [is]
  intoxicated and did [does] not have the normal use of mental or
  physical faculties.
         (d)  The presumption under Subsection (c) may be rebutted
  only by credible and objective evidence that the person was not
  intoxicated.
         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
  that date is governed by the law as it existed 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, 2023.