502.063
(a) The division shall furnish a certified copy of an order, award, decision, or paper on file in the division’s office to a person entitled to the copy on written request and payment of the fee for the copy. The fee is the same as that charged for similar services by the secretary of state’s […]
502.065
(a) In addition to a report of an injury filed with the division under Section 409.005(a), an institution shall file a supplemental report that contains: (1) the name, age, sex, and occupation of the injured employee; (2) the character of work in which the employee was engaged at the time of the injury; (3) the […]
502.066
(a) The division may require an employee who claims to have been injured to submit to an examination by the division or a person acting under the division’s authority at a reasonable time and place in this state. (b) On the request of an employee or the system, the employee, the institution, or the system […]
502.067
(a) The commissioner of workers’ compensation may order or direct the system or the institution to reduce or suspend the compensation of an injured employee who: (1) persists in insanitary or injurious practices that tend to imperil or retard the employee’s recovery; or (2) refuses to submit to medical, surgical, chiropractic, or other remedial treatment […]
502.068
If an injured employee is receiving benefits under this chapter and the system or the institution is providing hospitalization, medical treatment, or chiropractic care to the employee, the division may postpone the hearing on the employee’s claim. An appeal may not be taken from a division order under this section. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. […]
502.069
(a) In each case appealed from the division to a county or district court: (1) the clerk of the court shall mail to the division: (A) not later than the 20th day after the date the case is filed, a notice containing the style, number, and date of filing of the case; and (B) not […]
503.001
In this chapter: (1) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of workers’ compensation. (1-a) “Division” means the division of workers’ compensation of the Texas Department of Insurance. (2) “Employee” means a person employed in the service of the system under an appointment or oral or written express contract for hire whose name appears on the system’s payroll. […]
503.002
(a) The following provisions of Subtitle A apply to and are included in this chapter except to the extent that they are inconsistent with this chapter: (1) Chapter 401, other than Section 401.012 defining “employee”; (2) Chapter 402; (3) Chapter 403, other than Sections 403.001-403.005; (4) Chapters 404 and 405; (5) Sections 406.031-406.033; Subchapter D, […]
503.021
(a) The system shall pay benefits as provided by this chapter to an employee with a compensable injury. (b) A benefit under this section for an employee who is employed on less than a full workday basis may not exceed 60 percent of the employee’s average weekly wage as computed under Section 408.042. (c) A […]
503.022
An institution may self-insure as part of a system insurance plan. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 265, § 3.308, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.