TITLE: Relating to the submission date of the office of injured employee counsel's legislative report.

SUMMARY: Relating to the submission date of the office of injured employee counsel's legislative report.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the submission date of the office of injured employee counsel's legislative report. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 404.106(a), Labor Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The office shall report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairs of the legislative committees with appropriate jurisdiction not later than January 1 [December 1] of each odd-numbered [even-numbered] year. The report must include: (1) a description of the activities of the office; (2) identification of any problems in the workers' compensation system from the perspective of injured employees as a class, as considered by the public counsel, with recommendations for regulatory and legislative action; and (3) an analysis of the ability of the workers' compensation system to provide adequate, equitable, and timely benefits to injured employees at a reasonable cost to employers. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.