DWC Proposes Rule to Verify Benefit Recipient Information

The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation proposed rules to ensure that the agency is notified of an employee’s death before the Subsequent Injury Fund issues a lifetime income benefit payment. The division is proposing a new rule that would require the Subsequent Injury Fund to confirm specific information before making a payment to a lifetime income benefit recipient. The fund would have to confirm that the recipient is alive and that the recipient’s contact information is correct before paying lifetime income benefits. The rule also would require the recipient to provi...