{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-410.028","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 410.028","heading":"FAILURE TO ATTEND; ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATION.","body":"(a) A scheduled benefit review conference shall be conducted even though a party fails to attend unless the benefit review officer determines that good cause, as defined by commissioner rule, exists to reschedule the conference.\n(b) If a party to a benefit review conference under Section 410.023 requests that the benefit review conference be rescheduled under this section, the party must submit a request in the same manner as an initial request under Section 410.023. The division shall evaluate a request for a rescheduled benefit review conference received under this section in the same manner as an initial request received under Section 410.023.\n(c) If a party fails to request that a benefit review conference be rescheduled in the time required by commissioner rule or fails to attend a benefit review conference without good cause as defined by commissioner rule, the party forfeits the party's entitlement to attend a benefit review conference on the issue in dispute, unless a benefit review officer is authorized to schedule an additional benefit review conference under Section 410.026(b).\n(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement and enforce this section, including rules that:\n(1) define good cause; and\n(2) establish deadlines for requesting that a benefit review conference be rescheduled under Subsection (b).\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.160, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1162 (H.B. 2605), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION","SUBTITLE A. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT","CHAPTER 410. ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES","SUBCHAPTER B. BENEFIT REVIEW CONFERENCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.410.htm#410.028","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"5a18bf9cea6305b1beb2fa82bde6d37c49558c07688bf05d0317ebad3153d223","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-410.027","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-410.029"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}