Changes Sought in State Employee WC Manager

The Texas state agency, which manages the workers' compensation program for state employees, needs to improve its return-to-work efforts and be better prepared to pay workers' compensation claims resulting from a disaster. Those conclusions are part of a Sunset Advisory Commission staff report on the State Office of Risk Management (SORM) that will be considered by the commission meeting Tuesday. That meeting is set for 9 a.m. Nov. 14 in room 120 of the John H. Reagan State Office Building at 105 W. 15th St. in Austin. The commission periodically reviews and makes recommendations to l...