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HB 7, 79th R.S.

Relating to the continuation and operation of the workers' compensation system of this state and to the abolition of the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission, the establishment of the office of injured employee counsel, and the transfer of the powers and duties of the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission to the division of workers' compensation of the Texas Department of Insurance and the office of injured employee counsel, and to the provision of workers' compensation benefits to injured employees and the regulation of workers' compensation insurers; providing administrative and criminal penalties.

Impasse stalls overhaul of workers' comp. In Texas Lawyer Publication Date: April 25, 2005 Library Location: Periodicals Numbers falling, not people. In Fiscal Notes Publication Date: May 2005 Library Location: Periodicals Texas' workers' comp reform takes effect, deemed a 'win-win' for all. In Insurance Journal Publication Date: September 19, 2005 Library Location: Periodicals The new workers' comp: will it solve the problem? In Texas Medicine Publication Date: October 2005 Library Location: Periodicals HB7: workers' compensation relief for insurers, employers. In Austin Business Journal Publication Date: October 7-13, 2005 Library Location: Periodicals Work in progress. In Texas Medicine Publication Date: November 2006 Library Location: Periodicals Cookbook comp? In Texas Medicine Publication Date: May 2007 Library Location: Periodicals Program offers small employers assistance in returning injured employees to work. In Texas Business Report Publication Date: January 2008 Library Location: Periodicals Workers' comp reforms show TAB value. In Texas Business Report Publication Date: November 2012 Library Location: Periodicals Impact of treatment guidelines in Texas (WC-12-23). See: http://www.wcrinet.org/result/impact_trtmnt_guides_TX_result.html Publication Date: September 2012 CompScope medical benchmarks for Texas, 14th edition. See: http://www.wcrinet.org/studies/public/books/csmed14_TX_book.html Publication Date: February 2014 2016 workers' compensation network report card results. See: http://www.tdi.texas.gov/reports/wcreg/documents/report16.pdf Publication Date: September 2016 CompScope medical benchmarks for Texas, 17th edition. See: http://www.wcrinet.org/result/csmed17_TX_result.html Publication Date: October 2016 CompScope benchmarks for Texas, 16th edition. See: http://www.wcrinet.org/result/bmcscope_multi16_TX_result.html Publication Date: April 2016 2017 workers' compensation network report card results. See: http://www.tdi.texas.gov/reports/wcreg/documents/2017netrc.pdf Publication Date: September 2017 Setting the standard: an analysis of the impact of the 2005 legislative reforms on the Texas workers' compensation system: 2018 results. See: https://www.tdi.texas.gov/reports/wcreg/documents/biennial2018.pdf Publication Date: December 2018 2019 workers' compensation network report card results. See: https://www.tdi.texas.gov/reports/wcreg/documents/netrc2019.pdf Publication Date: September 2019 2018 workers' compensation network report card results. See: https://www.tdi.texas.gov/reports/wcreg/documents/netrc2018.pdf Publication Date: September 2018 Setting the standard: an analysis of the impact of the 2005 legislative reforms on the Texas workers' compensation system: 2020 results. See: https://www.tdi.texas.gov/reports/wcreg/documents/biennial2020.pdf Publication Date: December 1, 2020 2020 workers' compensation network report card results. See: https://www.tdi.texas.gov/reports/wcreg/documents/netrc2020.pdf Publication Date: September 2020 2021 workers' compensation network report card results. See: https://www.tdi.texas.gov/reports/wcreg/documents/netrc2021.pdf Publication Date: September 2021 2022 workers' compensation network report card results. See: https://www.tdi.texas.gov/reports/wcreg/documents/netrc2022.pdf Publication Date: September 2022

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