TITLE: Relating to the determination of the impairment rating of an employee with a lumbar injury under the workers' compensation system.

SUMMARY: Relating to the determination of the impairment rating of an employee with a lumbar injury under the workers' compensation system.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the determination of the impairment rating of an employee with a lumbar injury under the workers' compensation system. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 408.124, Labor Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) For determining the existence and degree of an employee's impairment related to a lumbar injury, the division shall use the range of motion model in the publication under Subsection (b) or (c), as applicable. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an assignment of an impairment rating that is made on or after the effective date of this Act. An assignment that is made before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the assignment was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.