By: Oliveira (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) | H.B. No. 2056 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017; | ||
May 1, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & | ||
Commerce; May 9, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 9, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to access by the division of workers' compensation to | ||
certain designated doctor contracts under the workers' | ||
compensation system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 408.1225, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows: | ||
(g) On request of the division, a designated doctor shall | ||
provide the division with a copy of any contract that is: | ||
(1) between the designated doctor and an authorized | ||
agent of the doctor; and | ||
(2) for services provided by the agent related to the | ||
designated doctor's duties, including scheduling, billing, and | ||
organizing medical records. | ||
(h) A contract provided to the division under Subsection (g) | ||
is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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