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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to peer reviews of health care services performed under |
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the workers' compensation system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 408.023(h), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(h) A [Notwithstanding Section 4(h), Article 21.58A,
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Insurance Code, a] utilization review agent that uses doctors to |
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perform reviews of health care services provided under this |
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subtitle shall [may] use doctors professionally licensed [by
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another state to perform the reviews, but the reviews must be
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performed under the direction of a doctor licensed] to practice in |
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this state. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a review of a health care service provided under a claim for |
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workers' compensation benefits that is conducted on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A review that is conducted before that |
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date is governed by the law in effect on the date the review was |
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conducted, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |