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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the list of approved doctors for the workers' |
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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(r), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(r) Notwithstanding the waiver or expiration of Subsections |
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(a)-(g) and (i), [there may be no direct or indirect provision of
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health care under this subtitle and rules adopted under this
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subtitle, and no direct or indirect receipt of renumeration under
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this subtitle and rules adopted under this subtitle by] a doctor is |
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considered to be removed from the workers' compensation system if |
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the doctor [who]: |
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(1) before September 1, 2007 |
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(A) was removed or deleted from the list of |
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approved doctors either by action of the Texas Workers' |
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Compensation Commission or the division or by agreement with the |
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doctor; |
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(B) was not admitted to the list of approved |
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doctors either by action of the Texas Workers' Commission or the |
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division or by agreement with the doctor; |
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(C) was suspended from the list of approved |
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doctors either by action of the Texas Workers' Compensation |
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Commission or the division or by agreement with the doctor; or |
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(D) had the doctor's license to practice |
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suspended by the appropriate licensing agency, including a |
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suspension that was stayed, deferred, or probated, or voluntarily |
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relinquished the license to practice; and |
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(2) was not reinstated or restored by the Texas |
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Workers' Compensation Commission or the division: |
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(A) to the list of approved doctors; or |
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(B) to the workers' compensation system [before
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September 1, 2007]. |