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Texas Labor Code

§ 418.001 — PENALTY FOR FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING OR DENYING BENEFITS

LA § 418.001Title 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION · Part A. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT · Ch. 418. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND PENALTIES

Statute text

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(a)A person commits an offense if the person, with the intent to obtain or deny payment of benefits, including medical benefits, under this subtitle or Subtitle C, for himself or another, knowingly or intentionally:
(1)makes a false or misleading statement;
(2)misrepresents or conceals a material fact; or
(3)fabricates, alters, conceals, or destroys a document other than a governmental record.
(b)An offense under Subsection (a) is:
(1)a Class A misdemeanor if the value of the benefits is less than $2,500; and

Legislative history

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 463 (H.B. 2053), Sec. 4, eff. June 9, 2017.