The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (statewide) · Texas
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code § 418.016 (Governor's suspension authority); Tex. Lab. Code § 402.061
- Issued
- 2020-04-10 Apr. 10, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-10
- End
- 'for the duration of the governor's COVID-19 declaration, or until further notice from DWC' (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Apr. 10, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersOther
- Addressees
- all Texas workers' compensation system participants
- emergency responders and their employers and carriers
- Functions reached
- SV claims servicing (carriers' coverage determinations)
- HC health care (exposure testing)
- CT courts and agencies
- Collection
- State courts AGY-ST-COURTS
Operative words
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' compensation coverage for emergency responders. This bulletin is in effect for the duration of the governor's COVID-19 declaration, or until further notice from DWC.
Enforcement
Commissioner's bulletin under the Governor's § 418.016 suspension
Notes
The Governor's disaster declaration, renewed monthly, was in force throughout Q3 2021; the bulletin ran with it.