Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 1826 amends the Texas Workers' Compensation Act to prohibit an insurance carrier from requiring an employee who has received supplemental income benefits for two years and whose medical condition has not improved sufficiently to allow the employee to return to work within the preceding year to submit to a medical examination more than once a year. If a dispute arises concerning whether the employee's medical condition has improved, the act requires the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission to direct the employee to be examined by a doctor chosen by the commission. The act requires the doctor to report to the commission and requires the commission to base its determination on the report unless the great weight of the other medical evidence is to the contrary.