By Giddings H.B. No. 3758
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3758:
By Giddings C.S.H.B. No. 3758
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the approval of doctors who provide medical treatment.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 408.023, Labor Code, is amended to read
1-5 as follows:
1-6 (a) Each doctor licensed in this state on January 1, 1993,
1-7 is on the commission's list of approved doctors unless subsequently
1-8 deleted and not reinstated. The name of a doctor shall be placed
1-9 on the list of approved doctors when the doctor becomes licensed in
1-10 this state. A doctor may apply in writing to the commission to
1-11 have the doctor's name removed from the list of approved doctors.
1-12 A doctor who is deleted from the list per written request may
1-13 subsequently reapply to be reinstated to the list. All doctors
1-14 performing functions under this Act and commission rules, including
1-15 required medical examinations under Section 408.004 of this Act and
1-16 medical utilization review evaluations for insurance carriers, must
1-17 be on the Approved Doctor List to perform services under the Act or
1-18 to receive payment for services. A doctor not licensed in this
1-19 state but licensed in another state or jurisdiction who treats
1-20 employees or performs functions under this Act may [apply to the
1-21 commission to] not be included on the list. The commission may
1-22 grant exceptions to this requirement to insure that employees
1-23 residing out of the state have access to medical care and the
1-24 commission can perform necessary review functions.
2-1 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2000.
2-2 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.