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Subchapter A. General Administration of System; Workers' Compensation Division
Section 402.001. Administration of System: Texas Department of Insurance; Workers' Compensation Division - Sec. 402.001. ADMINISTRATION OF SYSTEM: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE; WORKERS'...
Section 402.00111. Relationship Between Commissioner of Insurance and Commissioner of Workers' Compensation; Separation of Authority; Rulemaking - Sec. 402.00111. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE AND COMMISSIONER OF...
Section 402.00112. Investigation of Division - Sec. 402.00112. INVESTIGATION OF DIVISION. The department shall investigate the...
Section 402.00113. Administrative Attachment to Department - Sec. 402.00113. ADMINISTRATIVE ATTACHMENT TO DEPARTMENT. (a) The division of...
Section 402.00114. Duties of Division; Single Point of Contact - Sec. 402.00114. DUTIES OF DIVISION; SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT. (a)...
Section 402.00115. Composition of Division - Sec. 402.00115. COMPOSITION OF DIVISION. The division is composed of...
Section 402.00116. Chief Executive - Sec. 402.00116. CHIEF EXECUTIVE. (a) The commissioner of workers' compensation...
Section 402.00117. Appointment; Term - Sec. 402.00117. APPOINTMENT; TERM. (a) The governor, with the advice...
Section 402.00118. Qualifications - Sec. 402.00118. QUALIFICATIONS. The commissioner must: (1) be a competent...
Section 402.00119. Ineligibility for Public Office - Sec. 402.00119. INELIGIBILITY FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. The commissioner is ineligible...
Section 402.00120. Compensation - Sec. 402.00120. COMPENSATION. The commissioner is entitled to compensation as...
Section 402.00121. Grounds for Removal - Sec. 402.00121. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL. (a) It is a ground...
Section 402.00122. Prohibited Gifts; Administrative Violation - Sec. 402.00122. PROHIBITED GIFTS; ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATION. (a) The commissioner or...
Section 402.00123. Civil Liability of Commissioner - Sec. 402.00123. CIVIL LIABILITY OF COMMISSIONER. The commissioner is not...
Section 402.00124. Conflict of Interest - Sec. 402.00124. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. (a) In this section, "Texas...
Section 402.00125. Prohibition on Certain Employment or Representation - Sec. 402.00125. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT OR REPRESENTATION. (a) A...
Section 402.00126. Lobbying Activities - Sec. 402.00126. LOBBYING ACTIVITIES. A person may not serve as...
Section 402.00127. Training Program for Commissioner - Sec. 402.00127. TRAINING PROGRAM FOR COMMISSIONER. (a) Not later than...
Section 402.00128. General Powers and Duties of Commissioner - Sec. 402.00128. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER. (a) The...
Section 402.002. Administration of System: Office of Injured Employee Counsel - Sec. 402.002. ADMINISTRATION OF SYSTEM: OFFICE OF INJURED EMPLOYEE COUNSEL....
Subchapter B. System Goals; General Administration of System
Section 402.021. Goals; Legislative Intent; General Workers' Compensation Mission of Department - Sec. 402.021. GOALS; LEGISLATIVE INTENT; GENERAL WORKERS' COMPENSATION MISSION OF...
Section 402.0215. Reference to Commission Divisions - Sec. 402.0215. REFERENCE TO COMMISSION DIVISIONS. A reference in this...
Section 402.022. Public Interest Information - Sec. 402.022. PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION. (a) The commissioner shall prepare...
Section 402.023. Complaint Information - Sec. 402.023. COMPLAINT INFORMATION. (a) The commissioner shall: (1) adopt...
Section 402.0231. Documentation and Analysis of Complaints - Sec. 402.0231. DOCUMENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF COMPLAINTS. (a) The division...
Section 402.0235. Priorities for Complaint Investigations - Sec. 402.0235. PRIORITIES FOR COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS. (a) The division shall...
Section 402.024. Public Participation - Sec. 402.024. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. (a) The commissioner shall develop and...
Subchapter C. Personnel
Section 402.041. Appointments - Sec. 402.041. APPOINTMENTS. (a) Subject to the General Appropriations Act...
Section 402.042. Division of Responsibilities - Sec. 402.042. DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES. The commissioner shall develop and...
Section 402.043. Career Ladder; Annual Performance Evaluations - Sec. 402.043. CAREER LADDER; ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS. (a) The commissioner...
Section 402.044. Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement - Sec. 402.044. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY STATEMENT. (a) The commissioner...
Subchapter D. General Powers and Duties of Division and Commissioner
Section 402.061. Adoption of Rules - Sec. 402.061. ADOPTION OF RULES. The commissioner shall adopt rules...
Section 402.062. Acceptance of Gifts, Grants, and Donations - Sec. 402.062. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS. (a) The...
Section 402.064. Fees - Sec. 402.064. FEES. In addition to fees established by this...
Section 402.065. Employment of Counsel - Sec. 402.065. EMPLOYMENT OF COUNSEL. Notwithstanding Article 1.09-1, Insurance Code,...
Section 402.066. Recommendations to Legislature - Sec. 402.066. RECOMMENDATIONS TO LEGISLATURE. (a) The commissioner shall consider...
Section 402.0665. Legislative Oversight - Sec. 402.0665. LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT. The legislature may adopt requirements relating...
Section 402.067. Advisory Committees - Sec. 402.067. ADVISORY COMMITTEES. The commissioner may appoint advisory committees...
Section 402.068. Delegation of Rights and Duties - Sec. 402.068. DELEGATION OF RIGHTS AND DUTIES. Except as expressly...
Section 402.069. Qualifications and Standards of Conduct Information - Sec. 402.069. QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT INFORMATION. The commissioner...
Section 402.071. Representatives - Sec. 402.071. REPRESENTATIVES. (a) The commissioner shall establish qualifications for...
Section 402.073. Cooperation With State Office of Administrative Hearings - Sec. 402.073. COOPERATION WITH STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS. (a)...
Section 402.075. Incentives; Performance-Based Oversight - Sec. 402.075. INCENTIVES; PERFORMANCE-BASED OVERSIGHT. (a) The commissioner by rule...
Section 402.076. General Duties; Funding - Sec. 402.076. GENERAL DUTIES; FUNDING. (a) The division shall perform...
Section 402.077. Educational Programs - Sec. 402.077. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. (a) The division shall provide education...
Section 402.078. Regional Offices - Sec. 402.078. REGIONAL OFFICES. The department shall operate regional offices...
Subchapter E. Records and Employee Information
Section 402.081. Division Records - Sec. 402.081. DIVISION RECORDS. (a) The commissioner is the custodian...
Section 402.082. Injury Information Maintained by Division - Sec. 402.082. INJURY INFORMATION MAINTAINED BY DIVISION. (a) The division...
Section 402.083. Confidentiality of Injury Information - Sec. 402.083. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INJURY INFORMATION. (a) Information in or...
Section 402.084. Record Check; Release of Information - Sec. 402.084. RECORD CHECK; RELEASE OF INFORMATION. (a) The division...
Section 402.085. Exceptions to Confidentiality - Sec. 402.085. EXCEPTIONS TO CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) The division shall release...
Section 402.086. Transfer of Confidentiality - Sec. 402.086. TRANSFER OF CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) Information relating to a...
Section 402.087. Information Available to Prospective Employers - Sec. 402.087. INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS. (a) A prospective...
Section 402.088. Report of Prior Injury - Sec. 402.088. REPORT OF PRIOR INJURY. (a) On receipt of...
Section 402.089. Failure to File Authorization - Sec. 402.089. FAILURE TO FILE AUTHORIZATION. An employer who receives...
Section 402.090. Statistical Information - Sec. 402.090. STATISTICAL INFORMATION. The division, the Texas Department of...
Section 402.091. Failure to Maintain Confidentiality; Offense; Penalty - Sec. 402.091. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY; OFFENSE; PENALTY. (a) A...
Section 402.092. Investigation Files Confidential; Disclosure of Certain Information - Sec. 402.092. INVESTIGATION FILES CONFIDENTIAL; DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION. (a)...
Subchapter F. Cooperation With Office of Injured Employee Counsel
Section 402.251. Cooperation; Facilities - Sec. 402.251. COOPERATION; FACILITIES. (a) The department and the division...