Texas Labor Code 501.028 – Expedited Provision of Medical Benefits for Certain Injuries Sustained by Certain Members of Texas Military Forces On State Active Duty
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(a) This section applies only to a member of the Texas military forces who sustains a serious bodily injury, as defined by § 1.07, Penal Code, on state active duty.
(b) An insurance carrier shall accelerate and give priority to a claim for medical benefits by a member of the Texas military forces to which this section applies, including all health care required to cure or relieve the effects naturally resulting from a compensable injury described by Subsection (a).
Terms Used In Texas Labor Code 501.028
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Effects: includes all personal property and all interest in that property. See Texas Government Code 312.011
(c) The division shall accelerate, under rules adopted by the commissioner of workers’ compensation, a contested case hearing requested by or an appeal submitted by a member of the Texas military forces to which this section applies regarding the denial of a claim for medical benefits, including all health care required to cure or relieve the effects naturally resulting from a compensable injury described by Subsection (a). The member shall provide notice to the division and independent review organization that the contested case or appeal involves a member of the Texas military forces.