Tex. Lab. Code § 501.025 · Subchapter B. COVERAGE
COVERAGE FOR OUT-OF-STATE EMPLOYEES.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An employee who performs services outside the state is entitled to benefits under this chapter even if the person:
(1) is hired or not hired in this state;
(2) does not work in this state;
(3) works both in this state and out of state;
(4) is injured outside this state; or
(5) has been outside this state for more than one year.
(b) An employee who elects to pursue remedies provided by the state where the injury occurred is not entitled to benefits under this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.501.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 71f6fefdcfe928e1969a9eddf8782eca6cb4ebe31f8d482e7167d8be492d0712
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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