Amend CSHB 396 (house committee report) on page 5, by striking lines 20 through 26 and substituting the following:

(b)  Notwithstanding Section 409.003, 409.007, 410.169, or 410.205, Labor Code, a nurse whose injury occurred on or after February 1, 2020, but before the effective date of this Act, and whose claim was subsequently denied may, on or after the effective date of this Act, request in writing that the insurance carrier reprocess the claim and the changes in law made by this Act shall apply to that claim.

(c)  Not later than the 60th day after the date an insurance carrier receives a written request to reprocess a claim under Subsection (b) of this section, the insurance carrier shall reprocess the claim and notify the person in writing whether the carrier accepted or denied the claim. If the insurance carrier denies the claim, the notice must include information on the process for disputing the denial. The notice provided by the insurance carrier must use the notice provisions prescribed by the division of workers' compensation of the Texas Department of Insurance under Subsection (d) of this section.

(d)  As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the division of workers' compensation of the Texas Department of Insurance shall prescribe notice provisions for an insurance carrier to use when providing notice of the insurance carrier's acceptance or denial of a person's claim. The notice provisions must be clear and easily understandable.