Bill Text: TX HB1665 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certain workers' compensation reporting requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-23 - Effective immediately [HB1665 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1665-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1665 |
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relating to certain workers' compensation reporting requirements. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 406.145(f), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(f) If a subsequent hiring agreement is made to which the | ||
joint agreement does not apply, the hiring contractor and | ||
independent contractor shall notify in writing: | ||
(1) [ |
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workers' compensation insurance carrier; and | ||
(2) the division, on the division's request [ |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a notification required to be provided on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1665 was passed by the House on April | ||
17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1665 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |