Sec. 404.103. OPERATION OF OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM. (a) The office shall operate the ombudsman program under Subchapter D.
(b) The public counsel shall assign staff attorneys, as the public counsel considers appropriate, to supervise the work of the ombudsman program and advise ombudsmen in providing assistance to claimants and preparing for informal and formal hearings.
(c) The office shall coordinate services provided by the ombudsman program with services provided by the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.016, eff. September 1, 2005.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Workers' Compensation
Subtitle A - Texas Workers' Compensation Act
Chapter 404 - Office of Injured Employee Counsel
Subchapter C. General Powers and Duties of Office
Section 404.101. General Duties
Section 404.1015. Refusal to Provide or Termination of Services
Section 404.102. General Powers and Duties of Public Counsel
Section 404.103. Operation of Ombudsman Program
Section 404.104. Authority to Appear or Intervene
Section 404.105. Authority to Assist Individual Injured Employees in Administrative Procedures
Section 404.106. Legislative Report
Section 404.107. Access to Information by Public Counsel
Section 404.108. Legislative Recommendations
Section 404.109. Injured Employee Rights; Notice
Section 404.110. Applicability to Public Counsel of Confidentiality Requirements