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Amend SB 1804, by adding a new Section 2 to the bill and 
renumbering the subsequent subsection accordingly:
	SECTION 2.  Section 413.031, Labor Code, is amended by adding 
Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:
	(e-1)  In performing a review of medical necessity under 
Subsection (d) or (e), the independent review organization shall 
consider the commission's health care reimbursement policies and 
guidelines adopted under Section 413.011 if those policies and 
guidelines are raised by one of the parties to the dispute.  If the 
independent review organization's decision is contrary to the 
commission's policies or guidelines adopted under Section 413.011, 
the independent review organization must indicate in the decision 
the specific basis for its divergence in the review of medical 
necessity.  This subsection does not prohibit an independent review 
organization from considering the payment policies adopted under 
Section 413.011 in any dispute, regardless of whether those 
policies are raised by a party to the dispute.