The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation on Friday proposed rules for designated doctor procedures and requirements for lifetime income benefits to implement House Bill 2468.
HB 2468, which was enacted in 2023, redefined eligibility for lifetime income benefits to require that a person has "a major, permanent neurocognitive disorder” for which he needs occasional supervision of routine daily tasks of self-care and renders him permanently unemployable. The bill also made first responders eligible for lifetime income benefits if they have a serious bodily injury that re...
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