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| 1 | 1 | 84R5918 KKR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Uresti S.B. No. 1572 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to submission of reports by a physician assistant under | |
| 8 | 8 | the workers' compensation system. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 408.025, Labor Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a-1) A report that is required to be filed with the | |
| 13 | 13 | division or provided to the injured employee, the employee's | |
| 14 | 14 | attorney, or the insurance carrier by a treating physician may be | |
| 15 | 15 | completed and signed by a physician assistant who is licensed to | |
| 16 | 16 | practice in this state under Chapter 204, Occupations Code, and is | |
| 17 | 17 | acting as the agent of a licensed physician under Section | |
| 18 | 18 | 204.202(e) of that code. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 20 | 20 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 21 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |