86R3017 KKR-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 229
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the notice of rights provided to an injured employee
under the Texas workers' compensation system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 404.109, Labor Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 404.109. INJURED EMPLOYEE RIGHTS; NOTICE. (a) The
public counsel shall adopt, in the form and manner prescribed by the
public counsel and after consultation with the commissioner of
workers' compensation, a notice of injured employee rights and
responsibilities to be distributed by the division as provided by
commissioner or commissioner of insurance rules.
(b) The notice adopted under Subsection (a) must inform an
injured employee that the employee has the right to choose a
treating doctor, including a doctor of medicine, osteopathic
medicine, optometry, dentistry, podiatry, or chiropractic who is
licensed and authorized to practice.
(c) A right or responsibility included in the notice adopted
under Subsection (a) [this section] must be consistent with the
requirements of this subtitle and division rules.
(d) This section may not be construed as establishing an
entitlement to benefits to which the claimant is not otherwise
entitled under this subtitle.
SECTION 2. The public counsel of the office of injured
employee counsel shall adopt the notice required under Section
404.109, Labor Code, as amended by this Act, not later than December
1, 2019.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.