Tex. Labor Code § 62.057
This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 62.057, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.
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§ 62.057. PATIENTS AND CLIENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES.
Official statutory text
(a) A person may be compensated for services rendered to the Department of State Health Services or a department facility at a percentage of the base wage adopted under this section if:
(1) the person is a patient or client of a department facility;
(2) the person's productive capacity is impaired;
(3) the person:
(A) assists in the operation of the facility as part of the person's therapy; or
(B) receives occupational training in a sheltered workshop or other program operated by the department; and
(4) the facility or department derives an economic benefit from the person's services.
(b) The percentage of the base wage paid to a person under Subsection (a) must correspond to the percentage of the person's productive capacity compared with the capacity of an employee who performs the same or similar tasks and who is not similarly impaired.
(c) The department shall adopt rules to determine the base wage and the percentage of productive capacity of the patients and clients and other rules necessary to implement this section.
(d) Services rendered and payment provided under this section may not be construed as creating an employer-employee relationship between the department and the patient or client engaged in occupational training or therapeutic or rehabilitative services.
(1) the person is a patient or client of a department facility;
(2) the person's productive capacity is impaired;
(3) the person:
(A) assists in the operation of the facility as part of the person's therapy; or
(B) receives occupational training in a sheltered workshop or other program operated by the department; and
(4) the facility or department derives an economic benefit from the person's services.
(b) The percentage of the base wage paid to a person under Subsection (a) must correspond to the percentage of the person's productive capacity compared with the capacity of an employee who performs the same or similar tasks and who is not similarly impaired.
(c) The department shall adopt rules to determine the base wage and the percentage of productive capacity of the patients and clients and other rules necessary to implement this section.
(d) Services rendered and payment provided under this section may not be construed as creating an employer-employee relationship between the department and the patient or client engaged in occupational training or therapeutic or rehabilitative services.
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