§ 103.151.Administrative Payment of Compensation

Approval and payment are separate events, and this section is where the money moves.

The lump sum is due within 30 days of the grant. That covers the compensation owed under Section 103.052 and the child support payment to the state disbursement unit, to the extent funds have been appropriated and are available.

The appropriation condition is real. The comptroller pays out of money the legislature has provided, and Section 103.152 exists because that money is not always sitting there.

The lump-sum claim survives the claimant’s death. A claim under Section 103.052(a) or (b) passes to the heirs, legal representatives and estate, so a person who dies after approval and before payment does not lose it.

The survival rule is confined to the lump sum. Annuity payments end at death under Section 103.154(b) unless the claimant elected an option in Section 103.0535 that carries them further.

The annuity starts a year after the lump sum is paid. The first payment under Section 103.053(a) or 103.0535 comes on the first anniversary of that payment date.

If the appropriation falls short, the claim goes into the next cycle. Subsection (c) routes an underfunded claim to the biennial procedure in Section 103.152 instead of leaving it unpaid without a path.