Amend SB 1169, house committee printing, by inserting the
following new SECTIONS in the bill, appropriately numbered, and
renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ___.1. Section 410.032, Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 410.032. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS UNDER INTERLOCUTORY
ORDER. (a) The [As designated by the commissioner, division staff,
other than the] benefit review officer who presides [presided or
will preside] at the benefit review conference[,] shall:
(1) consider a written or verbal request for an
interlocutory order for the payment of benefits; and
(2) [shall issue an interlocutory order] if the
benefit review officer determines that issuance of an interlocutory
order is [determined to be] appropriate, issue the interlocutory
order not later than the third day after the date of receipt of the
request under Subdivision (1).
(b) The interlocutory order may address accrued benefits,
future benefits, or both accrued benefits and future benefits.
SECTION ____. Section 410.032, Labor Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to a request for an interlocutory order made
in conjunction with a workers' compensation benefit review
conference that is conducted by a benefit review officer on or after
the effective date of this Act. A request made before that date is
governed by the law in effect on the date the request is made, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.