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.