Sec. 412.0127. PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER. (a) Notwithstanding Section 403.016, Government Code, and except as provided by Subsection (b), the office shall pay an employee entitled to an indemnity benefit payment using the same payment method as the method by which the employee receives the employee's wages.
(b) The office shall adopt rules to facilitate the use of electronic funds transfer as the preferred method of payment under this section.
(c) The office may issue an indemnity benefit payment by check on request or if electronic funds transfer is not feasible.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 407 (S.B. 908), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Workers' Compensation
Subtitle A - Texas Workers' Compensation Act
Chapter 412 - State Office of Risk Management
Section 412.011. Powers and Duties of Office
Section 412.0111. Affiliation With Office of Attorney General
Section 412.0121. Interagency Contracts
Section 412.0121. Interagency Contracts
Section 412.0122. State Self-Insuring for Workers' Compensation
Section 412.0122. State Self-Insuring for Workers' Compensation
Section 412.0123. Allocation of Workers' Compensation and Risk Management Costs; Risk Reward Program
Section 412.0123. Deposit of Workers' Compensation Subrogation Recoveries
Section 412.0124. Deposit of Workers' Compensation Subrogation Recoveries
Section 412.0125. Return-to-Work Coordination Services; Case Management
Section 412.0127. Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer
Section 412.0128. Confidentiality of Information
Section 412.013. Review and Update of Risk Management Program Guidelines