Amend Floor Amendment No. 1 to HB 2600 by adding the
following appropriately numbered section and renumbering the
sections of the bill accordingly:
      SECTION _____.  Subchapter C, Chapter 401, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 401.025 to read as follows:
      Sec. 401.025.  OBLIGATIONS OF EMPLOYERS AND INSURANCE
CARRIERS. (a)  Under this subtitle, an employer has the duty to:
            (1)  inform each employee of the benefits, both
monetary and medical, to which the employee is entitled and to
assist an injured employee in submitting required forms;
            (2)  inform an employee of the right to medical care
that is reasonable and necessary to treat the employee's
work-related injury or illness for the rest of the employee's life;
            (3)  inform an injured employee of the right to choose
the employee's doctor and of the right to change the treating
doctor;
            (4)  inform an employee of the right to legal
representation and of the right to assistance from the commission's
ombudsman;
            (5)  inform an employee of the right to the
confidentiality of records;
            (6)  refrain from engaging in retaliatory action
against an employee who asserts the employee's rights under this
subtitle;
            (7)  provide information and assistance to an employee
in the employee's language of choice; and
            (8)  provide information to an employee orally if the
employee is unable to read or to comprehend the employee's rights.
      (b)  Under this subtitle, an insurance carrier has the duty
to:
            (1)  disclose the carrier's identity for the purpose of
gathering data or information pertinent to an injured employee's
claim;
            (2)  notify an injured employee of the employee's right
to be represented by an attorney to represent the employee's
interests if the carrier is represented by an attorney at any
hearing or trial;
            (3)  disclose any investigation surveillance to the
injured employee and the commission;
            (4)  maintain in a permanent file the name and license
or registration number of any investigator and to make that
information available to the employee at a hearing or conference;
            (5)  ensure that any investigation by the carrier is
performed by an investigator holding the proper license or
registration from the Texas Commission on Private Security; and
            (6)  provide health care without making:
                  (A)  any financial incentives to health care
providers; and
                  (B)  a payment to a physician or other health
care provider that serves as an inducement to limit medically
necessary services.
      (c)  The commission shall report a violation of Subsection
(b)(5) to the Texas Commission on Private Security.