Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
LABOR CODE |
Title 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION |
Subtitle A. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT |
Chapter 408. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS |
Subchapter E. INCOME BENEFITS IN GENERAL |
Sec. 408.083. TERMINATION OF RIGHT TO TEMPORARY INCOME, IMPAIRMENT INCOME, AND SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME BENEFITS
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an employee's eligibility for temporary income benefits, impairment income benefits, and supplemental income benefits terminates on the expiration of 401 weeks after the date of injury.
(b) If an employee incurs an occupational disease, the employee's eligibility for temporary income benefits, impairment income benefits, and supplemental income benefits terminates on the expiration of 401 weeks after the date on which benefits began to accrue.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 980, Sec. 1.26, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.