78R13079 JMM-F
By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 3285
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3285:
By: Solomons C.S.H.B. No. 3285
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of fee guidelines by the Texas
Workers' Compensation Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 413.011, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) In establishing fee guidelines, the commission shall
use conversion factors that are equal to at least the following
amounts:
(1) surgery, 69.00;
(2) radiology, 63.00;
(3) pathology, 80.00;
(4) anesthesia, 40.00;
(5) general medicine, 47.00;
(6) physical medicine, 47.00; and
(7) evaluation and management, 47.00.
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 takes effect September 1, 2003.