408.124
(a) An award of an impairment income benefit, whether by the commissioner or a court, must be based on an impairment rating determined using the impairment rating guidelines described by this section. (b) For determining the existence and degree of an employee’s impairment, the division shall use “Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment,” third […]
408.125
(a) If an impairment rating is disputed, the commissioner shall direct the employee to the next available doctor on the division’s list of designated doctors, as provided by Section 408.0041. (b) The designated doctor shall report in writing to the division. (c) The report of the designated doctor shall have presumptive weight, and the division […]
408.127
(a) An insurance carrier shall reduce impairment income benefits to an employee by an amount equal to employer payments made under Section 408.003 that are not reimbursed or reimbursable under that section. (b) The insurance carrier shall remit the amount of a reduction under this section to the employer who made the payments. (c) The […]
408.129
(a) On approval by the commissioner of a written request received from an employee, an insurance carrier shall accelerate the payment of impairment income benefits to the employee. The accelerated payment may not exceed a rate of payment equal to that of the employee’s net preinjury wage. (b) The commissioner shall approve the request and […]
408.141
An award of a supplemental income benefit, whether by the commissioner or a court, shall be made in accordance with this subchapter. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 265, § 3.118, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
408.1415
(a) The commissioner by rule shall adopt compliance standards for supplemental income benefit recipients that require each recipient to demonstrate an active effort to obtain employment. To be eligible to receive supplemental income benefits under this chapter, a recipient must provide evidence satisfactory to the division of: (1) active participation in a vocational rehabilitation program […]
408.142
(a) An employee is entitled to supplemental income benefits if on the expiration of the impairment income benefit period computed under Section 408.121(a)(1) the employee: (1) has an impairment rating of 15 percent or more as determined by this subtitle from the compensable injury; (2) has not returned to work or has returned to work […]
408.143
(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 […]
408.144
(a) Supplemental income benefits are calculated quarterly and paid monthly. (b) Subject to Section 408.061, the amount of a supplemental income benefit for a week is equal to 80 percent of the amount computed by subtracting the weekly wage the employee earned during the reporting period provided by Section 408.143(b) from 80 percent of the […]
408.147
(a) An insurance carrier may request a benefit review conference to contest an employee’s entitlement to supplemental income benefits or the amount of supplemental income benefits. (b) If an insurance carrier fails to make a request for a benefit review conference within 10 days after the date of the expiration of the impairment income benefit […]