81R20764 PB-F
By: Leibowitz H.B. No. 1166
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1166:
By: Turner of Harris C.S.H.B. No. 1166
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain requirements for doctors providing
professional services under the workers' compensation system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 408.0043, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A doctor who performs peer review, utilization review,
or a required medical examination requested by an insurance carrier
must:
(1) if appropriate to the specific case, hold the same
professional certification as the employee's treating doctor;
(2) maintain the doctor's primary practice location in
this state; and
(3) have maintained routine office hours of at least
20 hours per week for the treatment of patients for at least three
years during the doctor's career.
SECTION 2. Section 408.0044, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A dentist who performs peer review, utilization review,
or a required dental examination requested by an insurance carrier
must:
(1) maintain the dentist's primary practice location
in this state; and
(2) have maintained routine office hours of at least
20 hours per week for the treatment of patients for at least three
years during the dentist's career.
SECTION 3. Section 408.0045, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A chiropractor who performs peer review, utilization
review, or a required medical examination requested by an insurance
carrier must:
(1) maintain the chiropractor's primary practice
location in this state; and
(2) have maintained routine office hours of at least
20 hours per week for the treatment of patients for at least three
years during the chiropractor's career.
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to professional services provided in conjunction with a claim for
workers' compensation benefits based on a compensable injury that
occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. Professional
services provided in conjunction with a claim based on a
compensable injury that occurs before that date is governed by the
law in effect on the date the compensable injury occurred, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.