132.10
(a) If a compensable death occurs and the carrier’s investigation, as described in §132.17 of this title (relating to Denial, Dispute, and Payment of Death Benefits), has confirmed that the deceased employee has no legal beneficiaries, or if a claim for death benefits is not made in a timely manner, the insurance carrier shall, without […]
156.1
(a) Each insurance carrier shall designate a person in Austin, Travis County, Texas as its representative to the Commission, to act as agent for receiving notice from the Commission. (b) The designation required by this section shall be made in the form and manner prescribed by the Commission and contain the representative’s name, address, telephone […]
120.3
(a) As used in this section, the term “employer” means the employer for whom the injured employee (employee) was working when injured and the filing requirements apply during the time the employee is entitled to temporary income benefits. The employer’s duty to file reports required by this section continues until the employee reaches maximum medical […]
126.1
The following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) Employer Initiation of Benefits–Money paid by an employer to the employee to compensate the employee for lost wages or paid by the employer for medical expenses during a period in which the carrier has either: (A) contested compensability of the […]
126.4
(a) An injured employee seeking an advance of income benefits based on financial hardship shall submit a written application to the Commission in the form and manner prescribed by the Commission that states the basis for the hardship The application must state the employee understands that if an advance is granted the amount of future […]
126.12
(a) Accrued but unpaid income benefits are those benefits which either: (1) have accrued during a period of dispute over insurance carrier (carrier) liability for the claim or injured employee entitlement to the benefits; or (2) have not been paid by the date the carrier was required to pay them. (b) Carriers shall include simple […]
126.13
(a) Applicability (1) This section applies only to the employer initiation of benefits as described in subsection (a)(2) of this section. Employer payments made after the insurance carrier has accepted or been found to be liable for a claim such as salary continuation, as defined in §129.1 (relating to Definitions for Temporary Income Benefits), are […]
129.1
The following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) Salary Continuation (also Wage Continuation)–Monies paid by the employer to compensate the injured employee (employee) for wages lost as a result of a compensable injury. Salary continuation does not include monies paid to an employee as compensation for work such […]
129.2
(a) Once temporary income benefits (TIBs) accrue, an injured employee (employee) is entitled to TIBs to compensate the employee for lost wages due to the compensable injury during a period in which the employee has disability and has not reached maximum medical improvement. (b) Lost wages are the difference between the employee’s gross average weekly […]
129.6
(a) An employer or insurance carrier (carrier) may request the treating doctor provide a Work Status Report by providing the treating doctor a set of functional job descriptions which list modified duty positions which the employer has available for the injured employee (employee) to work. The functional job descriptions must include descriptions of the physical […]