Tex. Codes » Labor Code · TITLE 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION · SUBTITLE C. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES · CHAPTER 501. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING EMPLOYEES UNDER THE DIRECTION OR CONTROL OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
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Tex. Lab. Code § 501.021 (2026)

Workers' Compensation Coverage For Employees

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Sec. 501.021. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES. An employee with a compensable injury is entitled to compensation by the director as provided by this chapter.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1998–2016 · leading case: Univ. of Texas Health Sci. Ctr. at San Antonio v. Mata & Bordini, Inc., 2 S.W.3d 312 (Tex. App. 1999).
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Univ. of Texas Health Sci. Ctr. at San Antonio v. Mata & Bordini, Inc., 2 S.W.3d 312 (Tex. App. 1999). “Tex. Lab. Code Ann. § 501.021 (Vernon 1996).”
Texas Dep't of Fam. & Prot. Servs. v. Parra, 347 S.W.3d 362 (Tex. App. 2011). “See Tex. Lab.Code Ann. § 501.002(a). Even more specifically, the SAA provides, “[f]or the purposes of this chapter and Chapter 451, the individual state agency shall be considered the employer.”
State Off. of Risk Mgmt. v. Maria E. Olivas, 509 S.W.3d 499 (Tex. App. 2016). “” Tex.Lab.Code Ann. § 501.021. Section 501.”
Texas Workforce Comm'n v. Olivas, 349 S.W.3d 174 (Tex. App. 2011). “See Tex.Lab.Code Ann. § 501.021. The SAA also specifically incorporates several of the State’s worker’s compensation laws, including Chapter 451, for application against state agencies.”
Fernandez v. Kerrville State Hosp., 985 S.W.2d 121 (Tex. App. 1998). “Tex. Lab.Code Ann. § 501.021 (Vernon 1996).”
Texas Parks & Wildlife Dep't v. Fernando Flores (Tex. App. 2012). “See Tex. Lab. Code Ann. § 501.021 (West 2006).”
Texas Parks & Wildlife Dep't v. Fernando Flores (Tex. App. 2012). “See Tex. Lab. Code Ann. § 501.021 (West 2006).”
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