{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-401.022","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 401.022","heading":"DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) This subtitle may not be applied to discriminate because of race, sex, national origin, or religion.\n(b) This section does not prohibit consideration of an anatomical difference in application of the impairment guidelines under Chapter 408 in rating an injury or a disease such as, but not limited to, breast cancer or an inguinal hernia. If an impairment rating assigns different values to the same injury for males and females, the higher value shall be applied.\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION","SUBTITLE A. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT","CHAPTER 401. GENERAL PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER C. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.401.htm#401.022","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"e58cdc502611e6a8254a3e1e72c39d61d10a2b08f2090a6e0479948a84e461d9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-401.021","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-401.023"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}