By: Zerwas (Senate Sponsor - Campbell) H.B. No. 2546
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2017;
May 3, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
Commerce; May 17, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to completion of work status reports by a physician
assistant under the workers' compensation system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 408.025, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) A treating doctor may delegate to a physician
assistant who is licensed to practice in this state under Chapter
204, Occupations Code, the authority to complete and sign a work
status report regarding an injured employee's ability to return to
work. The delegating treating doctor is responsible for the acts of
the physician assistant under this subsection.
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, 2017.
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