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Tex. Lab. Code § 410.0055

CONDUCTING CERTAIN CONTESTED CASE HEARINGS BY REMOTE COMMUNICATION

Known as the Texas Workers' Compensation Act

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

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 736 (H.B. 2488), Sec. 1, eff

(a) Notwithstanding Section 410.005(a), the division may conduct a contested case hearing by videoconference:

(1) on a determination by the division that good cause exists for conducting the hearing in that manner; or

(2) on the mutual agreement of the parties.

(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.

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