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| 5 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 9 | | relating to the eligibility of certain physicians to provide and |
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| 8 | 10 | | receive remuneration for workers' compensation health care |
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| 9 | 11 | | services. |
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| 10 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 408.023(r), Labor Code, is amended to |
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| 12 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 15 | | (r) Notwithstanding the waiver or expiration of Subsections |
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| 14 | 16 | | (a)-(g) and (i), there may be no direct or indirect provision of |
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| 15 | 17 | | health care under this subtitle and rules adopted under this |
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| 16 | 18 | | subtitle, and no direct or indirect receipt of remuneration under |
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| 17 | 19 | | this subtitle and rules adopted under this subtitle by a doctor who: |
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| 18 | 20 | | (1) before September 1, 2007: |
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| 19 | 21 | | (A) was removed or deleted from the list of |
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| 20 | 22 | | approved doctors either by action of the Texas Workers' |
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| 21 | 23 | | Compensation Commission or the division or by agreement with the |
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| 22 | 24 | | doctor; |
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| 23 | 25 | | (B) was not admitted to the list of approved |
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| 24 | 26 | | doctors either by action of the Texas Workers' Compensation |
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| 25 | 27 | | Commission or the division or by agreement with the doctor; |
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| 26 | 28 | | (C) was suspended from the list of approved |
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| 27 | 29 | | doctors either by action of the Texas Workers' Compensation |
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| 28 | 30 | | Commission or the division or by agreement with the doctor; or |
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| 29 | 31 | | (D) had the doctor's license to practice |
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| 30 | 32 | | suspended by the appropriate licensing agency, including a |
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| 31 | 33 | | suspension that was stayed, deferred, or probated, or voluntarily |
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| 32 | 34 | | relinquished the license to practice; and |
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| 33 | 35 | | (2) has [was] not been reinstated or restored by the |
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| 34 | 36 | | Texas Workers' Compensation Commission or the division to: |
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| 35 | 37 | | (A) the list of approved doctors; or |
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| 36 | 38 | | (B) the workers' compensation system [before |
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| 37 | 39 | | September 1, 2007]. |
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| 38 | 40 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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