Bill Text: TX HB511 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the closure of a school campus by the board of trustees of a school district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-19 - Left pending in committee [HB511 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB511-Introduced.html
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By: Van de Putte | S.B. No. 511 |
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relating to the designated doctor's examination under the workers' | ||
compensation system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 408.0041, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (f-2) and (f-3) and amending Subsection (h) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(f-2) An employee required to be examined by a designated | ||
doctor may request a medical examination from the treating doctor | ||
or from another doctor to whom the employee is referred by the | ||
treating doctor to determine any issue a designated doctor may | ||
review under this section if: | ||
(1) the designated doctor's opinion is the employee's | ||
first medical examination to resolve an issue under Subsection (a); | ||
and | ||
(2) the employee is not satisfied with the designated | ||
doctor's opinion. | ||
(f-3) The commissioner shall provide the insurance carrier | ||
and the employee with reasonable time to obtain and present the | ||
opinion of a doctor selected under Subsection (f) or (f-2) before | ||
the commissioner makes a decision on the merits of the issue. | ||
(h) The insurance carrier shall pay for: | ||
(1) an examination required under Subsection (a), [ |
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(f), or (f-2); and | ||
(2) the reasonable expenses incident to the employee | ||
in submitting to the examination. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |