By: Oliveira H.B. No. 2726
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to disputing the certification of maximum medical
improvement and evaluation of impairment rating.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 408.123(e), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) Except as otherwise provided by this section, an
employee's first valid certification of maximum medical
improvement and first valid certification of an impairment rating
is final if the certification or assignment is not contested
[disputed] before the 91st day after the date written notification
of the certification or assignment is provided to the employee and
the carrier by verifiable means. Contesting the certification or
rating only requires the party to file a written contest with the
Division, which shall not serve as a request for a benefit review
conference on that issue. When the party is fully prepared to enter
the Division's dispute resolution process, the party may request a
benefit review conference.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.