| 1 | 1 | | 86R3017 KKR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 229 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the notice of rights provided to an injured employee |
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| 8 | 8 | | under the Texas workers' compensation system. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 404.109, Labor Code, is amended to read |
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| 11 | 11 | | as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 404.109. INJURED EMPLOYEE RIGHTS; NOTICE. (a) The |
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| 13 | 13 | | public counsel shall adopt, in the form and manner prescribed by the |
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| 14 | 14 | | public counsel and after consultation with the commissioner of |
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| 15 | 15 | | workers' compensation, a notice of injured employee rights and |
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| 16 | 16 | | responsibilities to be distributed by the division as provided by |
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| 17 | 17 | | commissioner or commissioner of insurance rules. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) The notice adopted under Subsection (a) must inform an |
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| 19 | 19 | | injured employee that the employee has the right to choose a |
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| 20 | 20 | | treating doctor, including a doctor of medicine, osteopathic |
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| 21 | 21 | | medicine, optometry, dentistry, podiatry, or chiropractic who is |
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| 22 | 22 | | licensed and authorized to practice. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) A right or responsibility included in the notice adopted |
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| 24 | 24 | | under Subsection (a) [this section] must be consistent with the |
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| 25 | 25 | | requirements of this subtitle and division rules. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (d) This section may not be construed as establishing an |
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| 27 | 27 | | entitlement to benefits to which the claimant is not otherwise |
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| 28 | 28 | | entitled under this subtitle. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. The public counsel of the office of injured |
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| 30 | 30 | | employee counsel shall adopt the notice required under Section |
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| 31 | 31 | | 404.109, Labor Code, as amended by this Act, not later than December |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1, 2019. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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