Texas Labor Code
§ 504.057 — EXPEDITED PROVISION OF MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN INJURIES SUSTAINED BY CERTAIN DEATH INVESTIGATION PROFESSIONALS IN COURSE AND SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT
LA § 504.057Title 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION · Part C. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES · Ch. 504. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS · Art. C. BENEFITS AND OFFSETS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section, "death investigation professional" means:
(1)a justice of the peace;
(2)a death investigator employed under Article 49.23, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(3)a medical examiner or an employee of the medical examiner's office employed under Section 3, Article 49.25, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(b)This section applies only to a death investigation professional who sustains a serious bodily injury, as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, in the course and scope of employment.
(c)The county, division, and insurance carrier shall accelerate and give priority to an injured death investigation professional's claim for medical benefits, including all health care required to cure or relieve the effects naturally resulting from a compensable injury described by Subsection (b).
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 934 (H.B. 1306), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.