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By:  Solomons                                                     H.B. No. 2198



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the certification of maximum medical improvement and 
the impairment rating assigned to an employee in a claim for 
workers' compensation benefits.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 408.123, Labor Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  The Commission shall adopt a rule under which the first 
certification of maximum medical improvement and the resulting 
impairment rating assigned to an employee is final if the 
certification or impairment rating is not disputed within a time 
frame determined by Commission rule.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act take effect September 1, 2003.