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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the notice of rights provided to an injured employee |
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under the Texas 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 404.109, Labor Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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Sec. 404.109. INJURED EMPLOYEE RIGHTS; NOTICE. (a) The |
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public counsel shall adopt, in the form and manner prescribed by the |
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public counsel and after consultation with the commissioner of |
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workers' compensation, a notice of injured employee rights and |
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responsibilities to be distributed by the division as provided by |
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commissioner or commissioner of insurance rules. |
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(b) The notice adopted under Subsection (a) must inform an |
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injured employee that the employee has the right to choose a |
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treating doctor, including a doctor of medicine, osteopathic |
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medicine, optometry, dentistry, podiatry, or chiropractic who is |
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licensed and authorized to practice. |
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(c) A right or responsibility included in the notice adopted |
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under Subsection (a) [this section] must be consistent with the |
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requirements of this subtitle and division rules. |
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(d) This section may not be construed as establishing an |
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entitlement to benefits to which the claimant is not otherwise |
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entitled under this subtitle. |
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SECTION 2. The public counsel of the office of injured |
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employee counsel shall adopt the notice required under Section |
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404.109, Labor Code, as amended by this Act, not later than December |
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1, 2019. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |