DWC Issues Notice of Proposed Rule Review

DWC has announced it will review all sections in the following chapters in Title 28, Texas Administrative Code:

• • • Chapter 102 (Practices and Procedures–General Provisions);
    • Chapter 104 (General Provisions–Rule-Making);
    • Chapter 109 (Workers’ Compensation Coverage for State Employees);
    • Chapter 110 (Required Notices of Coverage);
    • Chapter 112 (Scope of Liability for Compensation);
    • Chapter 114 (Self-Insurance); and
    • Chapter 116 (General Provisions–Subsequent Injury Fund).

The notice of proposed review will be published in the August 25, 2023, issue of the Texas Register and will be available at www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/index.shtml once published. DWC will also post a copy on the TDI website at www.tdi.texas.gov/wc/rules/rulereview.html.

DWC is accepting public comments on whether the reasons for initially adopting these rules continue to exist, and whether these rules should be repealed, readopted, or readopted with amendments in accordance with Texas Government Code §2001.039.

Send your written comments or hearing request to RuleComments@tdi.texas.gov or to:

Legal Services, MC-LS
Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation
PO Box 12050
Austin, Texas 78711-2050

The deadline to submit comments is 5 p.m., Central time, on October 3, 2023.