The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Texas; Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation · Texas
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Governor's suspension of statutes and rules under Gov't Code § 418.016
- Issued
- 2020-03-27 Mar. 27, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-27
- End
- 2021-08-02 (work-search standards resumed for qualifying periods on or after August 2, 2021, Bulletin B-0018-21, Ex. 021) (read as 2021-08-02)
- In force
- Mar. 27, 2020 to Aug. 2, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Other
- Addressees
- all Texas workers' compensation system participants
- Functions reached
- IN workers' compensation carriers (supplemental income benefits administration)
- WF injured workers relieved of work-search requirements because employers were not hiring
- HR designated-doctor recertification
- Collection
- State insurance and banking regulators AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING
Operative words
Governor Abbott approved DWC's request to suspend the following requirements: work search compliance standards for supplemental income benefits under Labor Code Section 408.1415(a) and 28 Texas Administrative Code Section 130.102(d); testing, training, and application requirements for designated doctor and maximum medical improvement and impairment rating recertification under 28 TAC Sections 127.110(b)(1) and (3), 127.110(d), and 180.23; and required medical exams under 28 TAC Section 126.6(a).
Enforcement
Notes
In force on July 1, 2021 and through August 1, 2021: the regulator's finding that work-search standards could not be met for sixteen months.