131.3
(a) When an insurance carrier reasonably believes that an injured employee may be eligible for lifetime benefits from the subsequent injury fund, the insurance carrier shall petition the commission for payment of lifetime income benefits from the subsequent injury fund. The petition shall be in writing and contain the following: (1) the employee’s name and […]
131.2
(a) Lifetime income benefits shall be calculated by multiplying the employee’s average weekly wage by .75. The lifetime income benefit payable each week under this formula shall not exceed the weekly maximum benefit under the Workers’ Compensation Act, §4.11, for the first year of benefits. (b) Each year on the anniversary date of the day […]
131.1
(a) The insurance carrier must initiate the payment of lifetime income benefits without a final decision, order, or other action of the commissioner if an injured employee meets the eligibility criteria for lifetime income benefits listed under Labor Code §408.161 or §408.1615 as a result of the compensable injury. (b) An injured employee may submit […]
127.25
(a) Suspension of benefits. An insurance carrier may suspend temporary income benefits (TIBs), or lifetime income benefits under §408.1615, if an injured employee fails, without good cause, to attend a designated doctor examination or a referral examination under §127.10(c) of this title. (b) No good cause. If there is no division finding that good cause […]
127.1
(a) Initiating an examination. At the request of the insurance carrier, an injured employee, the injured employee’s representative, or on its own motion, the division may order a medical examination by a designated doctor to resolve questions about: (1) the impairment caused by the injured employee’s compensable injury; (2) the attainment of maximum medical improvement […]
147.10
(a) A request to commute impairment income benefits must: (1) be in writing on a form prescribed by the division; (2) state the date the employee reached maximum medical improvement, the impairment rating, and the employee’s weekly impairment income benefit; (3) be sent to the insurance carrier; and (4) be filed with the division. (b) […]
147.1
(a) A settlement or a written agreement must be on a form prescribed by the division. (b) In addition to the parties, the employee’s representative, if any, must sign the written agreement or settlement. (c) Unless the division finds that an extraordinary circumstance applies, an employee’s representative must not sign a written agreement or settlement […]
147.2
147.3
147.4
(a) An agreement may be reduced to writing and sent to the division. The agreement is effective and binding on the date the division approves it. (b) An oral agreement reached during a benefit contested case hearing and preserved in the record is effective and binding on the date made. (c) A signed written agreement, […]