{"id":"AGY-ST-COURTS-045","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers\u0027 Compensation (statewide)","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Cassie Brown, Commissioner of Workers\u0027 Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers\u0027 Compensation","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 418.016 (Governor\u0027s suspension authority); Tex. Lab. Code § 402.061","instrument":"Commissioner\u0027s Bulletin # B-0019-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Suspension of a provision of Health and Safety Code and a DWC rule related to workers\u0027 compensation","title":"Bulletin implementing the Governor\u0027s suspension of the 10-day exposure-testing requirement for emergency responders\u0027 workers\u0027 compensation coverage","dateIssued":"2020-04-10","effective":"2020-04-10","end":"\u0027for the duration of the governor\u0027s COVID-19 declaration, or until further notice from DWC\u0027","startDate":"2020-04-10","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER","HC"],"addressees":["all Texas workers\u0027 compensation system participants","emergency responders and their employers and carriers"],"clause":"Governor Abbott suspended Health and Safety Code Section 81.050(j) and 28 Texas Administrative Code Section 122.3(c) regarding 10-day testing requirements. As symptoms of COVID-19 exposure may take over 10 days to manifest, strict compliance with these laws could prevent, hinder, or delay state efforts to provide workers\u0027 compensation coverage for emergency responders. This bulletin is in effect for the duration of the governor\u0027s COVID-19 declaration, or until further notice from DWC.","enforcement":"Commissioner\u0027s bulletin under the Governor\u0027s § 418.016 suspension","functions":["SV claims servicing (carriers\u0027 coverage determinations)","HC health care (exposure testing)","CT courts and agencies"],"notes":"The Governor\u0027s disaster declaration, renewed monthly, was in force throughout Q3 2021; the bulletin ran with it.","sourceUrl":"https://www.tdi.texas.gov/bulletins/2020/B-0019-20.html","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200526061027/https://www.tdi.texas.gov/bulletins/2020/B-0019-20.html","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":50245,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-COURTS-045","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-COURTS-045","citation":"Cassie Brown, Commissioner of Workers\u0027 Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers\u0027 Compensation, Commissioner\u0027s Bulletin # B-0019-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Suspension of a provision of Health and Safety Code and a DWC rule related to workers\u0027 compensation (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-045)","stateName":"Texas","related":["AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-074","AGY-ST-COURTS-043"]}