If the commission is unable to execute a reciprocal agreement under Chapter 211 to cover an employee of this state who works outside this state, the employing agency shall become a reimbursing employer if permitted by the law of the state in which the employee works. If the agency is not permitted to be a reimbursing employer, the agency may pay the required contribution for that employee from funds available for that purpose.
Tex. Lab. Code § 205.042