Texas § 408.186 BURIAL BENEFITS.

Texas Statutes

§ 408.186 — BURIAL BENEFITS.

Texas § 408.186

Code LALabor Code

This text of Texas § 408.186 (BURIAL BENEFITS.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Tex. Labor Code Code Ann. § 408.186 (2026).

Text

Sec. 408.186. BURIAL BENEFITS.

(a)If the death of an employee results from a compensable injury, the insurance carrier shall pay to the person who incurred liability for the costs of burial the lesser of:

(1)the actual costs incurred for reasonable burial expenses; or

(2)$10,000.

(b)If the employee died away from the employee's usual place of employment, the insurance carrier shall pay the reasonable cost of transporting the body, not to exceed the cost of transporting the body to the employee's usual place of employment.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Sec. 408.186. BURIAL BENEFITS. (a) If the death of an employee results from a compensable injury, the insurance carrier shall pay to the person who incurred liability for the costs of burial the lesser of:
(1) the actual costs incurred for reasonable burial expenses; or
(2) $10,000.
(b) If the employee died away from the employee's usual place of employment, the insurance carrier shall pay the reasonable cost of transporting the body, not to exceed the cost of transporting the body to the employee's usual place of employment.

Legislative History

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1426, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 192 (S.B. 653 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.