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Tex. Lab. Code § 408.143

EMPLOYEE STATEMENT

Known as the Texas Workers' Compensation Act

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

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Montana (2001)

Most recently applied in Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Adcock (October 2011)

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

(a) After the commissioner's initial determination of supplemental income benefits, the employee must file a statement with the insurance carrier stating:

(1) that the employee has earned less than 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage as a direct result of the employee's impairment;

(2) the amount of wages the employee earned in the filing period provided by Subsection (b); and

(3) that the employee has complied with the requirements adopted under Section 408.1415.

(b) The statement required under this section must be filed quarterly on a form and in the manner provided by the commissioner. The commissioner may modify the filing period as appropriate to an individual case.

(c) Failure to file a statement under this section relieves the insurance carrier of liability for supplemental income benefits for the period during which a statement is not filed.

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