87R10162 KKR-D
By: Cason H.B. No. 3098
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to conducting certain medical examinations using
telemedicine under the workers' compensation system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 408.0041, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) A medical examination conducted under this section to
determine an employee's impairment rating or attainment of maximum
medical improvement may be performed using telehealth services or
telemedicine medical services, as defined by Section 111.001,
Occupations Code.
SECTION 2. Section 408.0041(a-1), Labor Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a medical examination to determine an
employee's impairment rating or attainment of maximum medical
improvement conducted on or after the effective date of this Act. A
medical examination to determine an employee's impairment rating
or attainment of maximum medical improvement conducted before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the examination was conducted, and the former law is continued
in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.