Tex. Labor Code Section 501.024
Exclusions from Coverage

The following persons are excluded from coverage as an employee under this chapter:

(1)

a person performing personal services for the state as an independent contractor or volunteer;

(2)

a person who at the time of injury was performing services for the federal government and who is covered by some form of federal workers’ compensation insurance;

(3)

a prisoner or inmate of a prison or correctional institution, other than a work program participant participating in a Texas Correctional Industries contract described by Section 497.006 (Contracts with Private Business), Government Code;

(4)

a client or patient of a state agency;

(5)

a person employed by the Texas Department of Transportation who is covered under Chapter 505 (Workers’ Compensation Insurance Coverage for Employees of Texas Department of Transportation);

(6)

a person employed by The University of Texas System who is covered by Chapter 503 (Workers’ Compensation Insurance Coverage for Employees of the University of Texas System and Employees of Institutions of the University of Texas System); and

(7)

a person employed by The Texas A&M University System who is covered by Chapter 502 (Workers’ Compensation Insurance Coverage for Employees of the Texas A&m University System and Employees of Institutions of the Texas A&m University System).
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 1.45, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1205, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Source: Section 501.024 — Exclusions from Coverage, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.­501.­htm#501.­024 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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