Benefits are not assignable, except a legal beneficiary may, with the commissioner's approval, assign the right to death benefits.
Official text of the Texas Labor Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.
Labor Code › Title 5 › Chapter 408 › Subchapter K
Texas Labor Code § 408.202
Assignability of Benefits
Workers' Compensation Benefits · Protection of Rights to Benefits
Legislative history
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.131, eff. September 1, 2005.