The attorney general shall calculate the amount of an initial payment based on an injury suffered after September 1, 1989, by:

1. (1) calculating the amount to which the peace officer is entitled under Article 56B.254; and
2. (2) adding to that amount the cumulative successive cost-of-living adjustments for the intervening years calculated from the date of the injury.

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.06, eff. January 1, 2021.