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§ 408.0815 — RESOLUTION OF OVERPAYMENT OR UNDERPAYMENT OF INCOME BENEFITS

LA § 408.0815Title 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION · Part A. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT · Ch. 408. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS · Art. E. INCOME BENEFITS IN GENERAL

Statute text

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(a)The commissioner by rule shall establish a procedure by which an insurance carrier:
(1)may recoup an overpayment of income benefits from future income benefit payments that are not reimbursable under Section 410.209; and
(2)shall pay an underpayment of income benefits, including interest on accrued but unpaid benefits, in accordance with this subtitle.
(b)The procedure under Subsection (a) must include:
(1)a process by which an injured employee may notify the insurance carrier of an underpayment;
(2)the time frame and methodology by which an insurance carrier shall pay to an injured employee an underpayment;

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1153 (H.B. 2089), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.