By: Elkins (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte) H.B. No. 3625
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2009;
May 4, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 21, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 21, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to deadlines regarding certain preauthorization requests
affecting workers' compensation health care networks.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1305.353(d), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) For services not described under Subsection (e) or (f),
the determination under Subsection (c) must be issued and
transmitted not later than the third working [calendar] day after
the date the request is received. For the purposes of this
subsection, "working day" has the meaning assigned by Section
4201.002.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to review of a workers' compensation benefit requiring
preauthorization under Chapter 1305, Insurance Code, that is
initiated on or after the effective date of this Act. A review
initiated before that date is governed by the law in effect on the
date that the review was initiated, and the former law is continued
in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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