Bills Would Allow Contested Case Hearings by Videoconference

Texas lawmakers have introduced three bills that would address a request by the Division of Workers' Compensation to allow contested case hearings by videoconference. House Bill 2488, Senate Bill 67 and Senate Bill 423 would each allow remote contested case hearings. Other bills introduced this year address coverage requirements for contractors, compensability of post-traumatic stress disorder claims, and death benefits. The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation, in a biennial report to the Legislature submitted in November, asked for a statutory change allowing contested case hea...