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Tex. Lab. Code § 408.082

ACCRUAL OF RIGHT TO INCOME BENEFITS

Known as the Texas Workers' Compensation Act

The act spans §§ 401.001 to 419.007 (623 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Texas General Indemnity Co. v. Texas Workers' Compensation Commission (2001)

Most recently applied in Mid-Century Insurance Co. v. Texas Workers' Compensation Commission (February 2006)

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

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(a) Income benefits may not be paid under this subtitle for an injury that does not result in disability for at least one week.

(b) If the disability continues for longer than one week, weekly income benefits begin to accrue on the eighth day after the date of the injury. If the disability does not begin at once after the injury occurs or within eight days of the occurrence but does result subsequently, weekly income benefits accrue on the eighth day after the date on which the disability began.

(c) If the disability continues for two weeks or longer after the date it begins, compensation shall be computed from the date the disability begins.

(d) This section does not preclude the recovery of medical benefits as provided by Subchapter B.

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