Tex. Labor Code Section 501.027
Coverage for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder for Members of Texas Military Forces

(a)

Post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by a member of the Texas military forces on state active duty is a compensable injury under this subtitle only if it is based on a diagnosis that:

(1)

the disorder is caused by one or more events occurring in the course and scope of the member’s state active duty; and

(2)

the preponderance of evidence indicates that the event or events were a producing cause of the disorder.

(b)

For purposes of this subtitle, the date of injury for post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by a member of the Texas military forces is the date on which the member knew or should have known that the disorder may be related to the member’s state active duty.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 660 (H.B. 90), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2023.

Source: Section 501.027 — Coverage for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder for Members of Texas Military Forces, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.­501.­htm#501.­027 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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