84R4576 JSC-F
By: Zedler H.B. No. 760
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain physicians to provide and
receive remuneration for workers' compensation health care
services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 408.023(r), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(r) Notwithstanding the waiver or expiration of Subsections
(a)-(g) and (i), [there may be no direct or indirect provision of
health care under this subtitle and rules adopted under this
subtitle, and no direct or indirect receipt of remuneration under
this subtitle and rules adopted under this subtitle by] a doctor is
considered to be removed from the workers' compensation system if
the doctor [who]:
(1) before September 1, 2007:
(A) was removed or deleted from the list of
approved doctors either by action of the Texas Workers'
Compensation Commission or the division or by agreement with the
doctor;
(B) was not admitted to the list of approved
doctors either by action of the Texas Workers' Compensation
Commission or the division or by agreement with the doctor;
(C) was suspended from the list of approved
doctors either by action of the Texas Workers' Compensation
Commission or the division or by agreement with the doctor; or
(D) had the doctor's license to practice
suspended by the appropriate licensing agency, including a
suspension that was stayed, deferred, or probated, or voluntarily
relinquished the license to practice; and
(2) was not reinstated or restored by the Texas
Workers' Compensation Commission or the division:
(A) to the list of approved doctors; or
(B) to the workers' compensation system [before
September 1, 2007].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.