86R3017 KKR-D
 
  By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 741
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the notice of rights provided to an injured employee
  under the Texas workers' compensation system.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 404.109, Labor Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 404.109.  INJURED EMPLOYEE RIGHTS; NOTICE. (a)  The
  public counsel shall adopt, in the form and manner prescribed by the
  public counsel and after consultation with the commissioner of
  workers' compensation, a notice of injured employee rights and
  responsibilities to be distributed by the division as provided by
  commissioner or commissioner of insurance rules.
         (b)  The notice adopted under Subsection (a) must inform an
  injured employee that the employee has the right to choose a
  treating doctor, including a doctor of medicine, osteopathic
  medicine, optometry, dentistry, podiatry, or chiropractic who is
  licensed and authorized to practice.
         (c)  A right or responsibility included in the notice adopted
  under Subsection (a) [this section] must be consistent with the
  requirements of this subtitle and division rules.
         (d)  This section may not be construed as establishing an
  entitlement to benefits to which the claimant is not otherwise
  entitled under this subtitle.
         SECTION 2.  The public counsel of the office of injured
  employee counsel shall adopt the notice required under Section
  404.109, Labor Code, as amended by this Act, not later than December
  1, 2019.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.