H.B. No. 387
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to submission of reports by an advanced practice
  registered nurse under the workers' compensation system.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 408.025(a-1), Labor Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a-1)  A treating doctor may delegate to a physician
  assistant who is licensed to practice in this state under Chapter
  204, Occupations Code, or an advanced practice registered nurse who
  is licensed to practice in this state under Chapter 301,
  Occupations Code, the authority to complete and sign a work status
  report regarding an injured employee's ability to return to
  work.  The delegating treating doctor is responsible for the acts
  of the physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse
  under this subsection.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 387 was passed by the House on April
  16, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 1, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 387 was passed by the Senate on May
  21, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor