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Texas Labor Code § 408.144

Computation of Supplemental Income Benefits

Workers' Compensation Benefits · Supplemental Income Benefits

(a) Supplemental income benefits are calculated quarterly and paid monthly.

(b) Subject to Section 408.061, the amount of a supplemental income benefit for a week is equal to 80 percent of the amount computed by subtracting the weekly wage the employee earned during the reporting period provided by Section 408.143(b) from 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage determined under Section 408.041, 408.042, 408.043, 408.044, 408.0445, or 408.0446.

(c) For the purposes of this subchapter, if an employee is offered a bona fide position of employment that the employee is capable of performing, given the physical condition of the employee and the geographic accessibility of the position to the employee, the employee's weekly wages are considered to be equal to the weekly wages for the position offered to the employee.

Official text of the Texas Labor Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.1205, eff. September 1, 2005.

This section refers to

§ 408.061§ 408.143§ 408.041§ 408.042§ 408.043§ 408.044§ 408.0445§ 408.0446

Sections that refer to this one

§ 408.0041