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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the payment of benefits under an interlocutory order |
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under 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 410.032, Labor Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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Sec. 410.032. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS UNDER INTERLOCUTORY |
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ORDER. (a) The [As designated by the commissioner, division staff,
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other than the] benefit review officer who presides [presided or
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will preside] at the benefit review conference[,] shall: |
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(1) consider a written or verbal request for an |
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interlocutory order for the payment of benefits; and |
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(2) [shall issue an interlocutory order] if the |
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benefit review officer determines that issuance of an interlocutory |
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order is [determined to be] appropriate, issue the interlocutory |
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order not later than the third day after the date of receipt of the |
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request under Subdivision (1). |
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(b) The interlocutory order may address accrued benefits, |
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future benefits, or both accrued benefits and future benefits. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a request for an interlocutory order made in conjunction with a |
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workers' compensation benefit review conference that is conducted |
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by a benefit review officer on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A request made before that date is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the request is made, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |