| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2017; March 20, 2017, read |
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| 3 | | - | first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; |
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| 4 | | - | April 12, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, |
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| 5 | | - | Nays 0; April 12, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 7 | | relating to access by the division of workers' compensation to |
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| 12 | 8 | | certain designated doctor contracts under the workers' |
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| 13 | 9 | | compensation system. |
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| 14 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 408.1225, Labor Code, is amended by |
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| 16 | 12 | | adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 13 | | (g) On request of the division, a designated doctor shall |
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| 18 | 14 | | provide the division with a copy of any contract that is: |
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| 19 | 15 | | (1) between the designated doctor and an authorized |
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| 20 | 16 | | agent of the doctor; and |
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| 21 | 17 | | (2) for services provided by the agent related to the |
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| 22 | 18 | | designated doctor's duties, including scheduling, billing, and |
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| 23 | 19 | | organizing medical records. |
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| 24 | 20 | | (h) A contract provided to the division under Subsection (g) |
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| 25 | 21 | | is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. |
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| 26 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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