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Tex. Lab. Code § 401.022

DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED

Known as the Texas Workers' Compensation Act

The act spans §§ 401–419 (623 sections).

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff

(a) This subtitle may not be applied to discriminate because of race, sex, national origin, or religion.

(b) This section does not prohibit consideration of an anatomical difference in application of the impairment guidelines under Chapter 408 in rating an injury or a disease such as, but not limited to, breast cancer or an inguinal hernia. If an impairment rating assigns different values to the same injury for males and females, the higher value shall be applied.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.