82R5357 KSD-D
By: Giddings H.B. No. 1872
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements regarding information to be provided to
employees covered by workers' compensation health care networks.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1305.103(c), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) An employee who lives within the service area of a
network and who is being treated by a non-network provider for an
injury that occurred before the employer's insurance carrier
established or contracted with the network, shall select a network
treating doctor on notification by the carrier that health care
services are being provided through the network. The carrier shall
provide to the employee all information required by Section
1305.451. If the employee fails to select a treating doctor on or
before the 14th day after the date of receipt of the information
required by Section 1305.451, the network may assign the employee a
network treating doctor. An issue regarding whether a carrier
properly provided an employee the information required by this
subsection may be resolved using the process for adjudication of
disputes under Chapter 410, Labor Code, as used by the department's
division of workers' compensation.
SECTION 2. Section 1305.451, Insurance Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) An issue regarding whether an employer properly
provided an employee with the information required by this section
may be resolved using the process for adjudication of disputes
under Chapter 410, Labor Code, as used by the department's division
of workers' compensation.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.