Bill Text: TX HB2056 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to access by the division of workers' compensation to certain designated doctor contracts under the workers' compensation system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2056 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2056-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2056 |
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relating to access by the division of workers' compensation to | ||
certain designated doctor contracts under the workers' | ||
compensation system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 408.1225, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows: | ||
(g) On request of the division, a designated doctor shall | ||
provide the division with a copy of any contract that is: | ||
(1) between the designated doctor and an authorized | ||
agent of the doctor; and | ||
(2) for services provided by the agent related to the | ||
designated doctor's duties, including scheduling, billing, and | ||
organizing medical records. | ||
(h) A contract provided to the division under Subsection (g) | ||
is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2056 was passed by the House on April | ||
20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2056 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |