OIEC Says It Needs More Ombudsmen in 2014-2015 Budget

By Bill Kidd, Central Bureau ChiefThe state agency responsible for helping injured workers find their way through the Texas workers’ compensation system hopes to expand its corps of ombudsmen and customer service representatives in the fiscal 2014-2015 biennium.The Office of Injured Employee Counsel (OIEC) notes in its draft budget request for the next two fiscal years that it has not requested additional ombudsmen since the agency was established on March 1, 2006, as part the reforms enacted by House Bill 7, the workers’ compensation reform legislation passed in 2005Brian White, O...