Tex. Lab. Code § 501.024 · Subchapter B. COVERAGE
EXCLUSIONS FROM COVERAGE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The following persons are excluded from coverage as an employee under this chapter:
(1) a person performing personal services for the state as an independent contractor or volunteer;
(2) a person who at the time of injury was performing services for the federal government and who is covered by some form of federal workers' compensation insurance;
(3) a prisoner or inmate of a prison or correctional institution, other than a work program participant participating in a Texas Correctional Industries contract described by Section 497.006, Government Code;
(4) a client or patient of a state agency;
(5) a person employed by the Texas Department of Transportation who is covered under Chapter 505;
(6) a person employed by The University of Texas System who is covered by Chapter 503; and
(7) a person employed by The Texas A&M University System who is covered by Chapter 502.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 1.45, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1205, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.501.htm
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Government Code
Labor Code
- Tex. Lab. Code ch. 503WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM AND EMPLOYEES OF INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEMPrinted as Chapter 503
- Tex. Lab. Code ch. 505WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONPrinted as Chapter 505
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