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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to immunity from liability for doctors performing certain |
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medical services at the request of the Division of Workers' |
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Compensation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 413.054, Labor Code is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 413.054. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. (a) A person who |
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performs services for the division as a designated doctor, [an] a |
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doctor performing a required medical examination or an independent |
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medical [examiner] examination, a doctor performing a medical case |
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review, or a member of a peer review panel has the same immunity |
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from liability as the commissioner under Section [402.0024] |
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402.00123. |
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(b) Immunity from liability under this section does not |
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apply to a person providing medical treatment to an injured |
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employee or to a doctor performing a service at the request of an |
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insurance carrier, injured employee or injured employee's |
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representative. |
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SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |