Amend CSHB 2605 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1)  On page 2, strike lines 20 through 23 and substitute the following:
(d)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, judicial review under Subsection (c) shall be conducted in the manner provided by Section 413.031(k-1), Labor Code. For judicial review of an independent review organization decision to which an injured employee is a party:
(1)  venue shall be as provided by Section 410.252, Labor Code; and
(2)  service and notice shall be as provided by Section 410.253, Labor Code.
(2)  On page 19, line 18, after the period, strike "Judicial review" and substitute "Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, Section 413.0311(d) of this code, or Section 1305.356(d), Insurance Code, judicial [Judicial] review".
(3)  On page 19, line 21, after the period, insert the following:
The standard of review shall be as provided by Section 2001.174, Government Code. The court shall conduct the review without a jury as provided by Section 2001.175(e), Government Code. The time to file a petition shall be as provided by Section 410.252.
(4)  On page 19, line 26, strike "Section 413.0311(a), Labor Code, is" and substitute "Sections 413.0311(a) and (d), Labor Code, are".
(5)  On page 20, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
(d)  A party who has exhausted all administrative remedies under Section 413.031 and this section and who is aggrieved by a final decision of the hearings officer under Subsection (c) may seek judicial review of the decision. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, judicial  [Judicial] review under this subsection shall be conducted in the manner provided by Section 413.031(k-1). For [for] judicial review of an independent review organization decision to which an injured employee is a party:
(1)  venue shall be as provided by Section 410.252; and
(2)  service and notice shall be as provided by Section 410.253 [a contested case under Subchapter G, Chapter 2001, Government Code].