By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1495
(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2017; March 20, 2017, read
first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
April 12, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; April 12, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to access by the division of workers' compensation to
certain designated doctor contracts under the workers'
compensation system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 408.1225, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows:
(g) On request of the division, a designated doctor shall
provide the division with a copy of any contract that is:
(1) between the designated doctor and an authorized
agent of the doctor; and
(2) for services provided by the agent related to the
designated doctor's duties, including scheduling, billing, and
organizing medical records.
(h) A contract provided to the division under Subsection (g)
is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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