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Texas Labor Code § 408.146

Termination of Supplemental Income Benefits; Reinitiation

Workers' Compensation Benefits · Supplemental Income Benefits

(a) If an employee earns wages that are at least 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage for at least 90 days during a time that the employee receives supplemental income benefits, the employee ceases to be entitled to supplemental income benefits for the filing period.

(b) Supplemental income benefits terminated under this section shall be reinitiated when the employee:

(1) satisfies the conditions of Section 408.142(b); and

(2) files the statement required under Section 408.143.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an employee who is not entitled to supplemental income benefits for 12 consecutive months ceases to be entitled to any additional income benefits for the compensable injury.

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.

This section refers to

§ 408.142§ 408.143

Sections that refer to this one

§ 408.148