Texas DWC Accepting Comments on Routine Rule Changes

The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) sent out a notice to workers’ compensation system participants that it will review all sections in the following chapters in Title 28, Texas Administrative Code:

• Chapter 120 (Compensation Procedure–Employers);
• Chapter 122 (Compensation Procedure–Claimants); and
• Chapter 124 (Insurance Carriers: Notices, Payments, and Reporting).

The notice of proposed review will be published in the April 12, 2024, 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comments on whether the reasons for initially adopting these rules continue to exist, and whether these rules should be repealed, readopted, or readopted with amendments in accordance with Texas Government Code §2001.039.

The deadline to submit comments is 5 p.m., Central time, on May 13, 2024.