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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to completion of work status reports by a physician |
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assistant 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 408.025, Labor Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) A treating doctor may delegate to a physician |
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assistant who is licensed to practice in this state under Chapter |
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204, Occupations Code, the authority to complete and sign a work |
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status report regarding an injured employee's ability to return to |
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work. The delegating treating doctor is responsible for the acts of |
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the physician assistant under this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |