Texas Labor Code

§ 501.024 — EXCLUSIONS FROM COVERAGE

LA § 501.024Title 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION · Part C. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES · Ch. 501. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING EMPLOYEES UNDER THE DIRECTION OR CONTROL OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY · Art. B. COVERAGE

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The following persons are excluded from coverage as an employee under this chapter:

(1)a person performing personal services for the state as an independent contractor or volunteer;

(2)a person who at the time of injury was performing services for the federal government and who is covered by some form of federal workers' compensation insurance;

(3)a prisoner or inmate of a prison or correctional institution, other than a work program participant participating in a Texas Correctional Industries contract described by Section 497.006, Government Code;

(4)a client or patient of a state agency;

(5)a person employed by the Texas Department of Transportation who is covered under Chapter 505;

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Legislative history

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 1.45, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1205, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.