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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the submission date of the office of injured employee |
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counsel's legislative report. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 404.106(a), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The office shall report to the governor, lieutenant |
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governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairs |
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of the legislative committees with appropriate jurisdiction not |
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later than January 1 [December 1] of each odd-numbered |
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[even-numbered] year. The report must include: |
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(1) a description of the activities of the office; |
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(2) identification of any problems in the workers' |
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compensation system from the perspective of injured employees as a |
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class, as considered by the public counsel, with recommendations |
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for regulatory and legislative action; and |
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(3) an analysis of the ability of the workers' |
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compensation system to provide adequate, equitable, and timely |
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benefits to injured employees at a reasonable cost to employers. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |