Bill Text: TX SB1852 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain physicians to provide and receive remuneration for workers' compensation health care services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-26 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1852 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1852-Introduced.html

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87R10040 KKR-D
By: Powell S.B. No. 1852

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain physicians to provide and
receive remuneration for workers' compensation health care
services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 408.023(r), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(r) Notwithstanding the waiver or expiration of Subsections
(a)-(g) and (i), there may be no direct or indirect provision of
health care under this subtitle and rules adopted under this
subtitle, and no direct or indirect receipt of remuneration under
this subtitle and rules adopted under this subtitle by a doctor who:
(1) before September 1, 2007:
(A) was removed or deleted from the list of
approved doctors either by action of the Texas Workers'
Compensation Commission or the division or by agreement with the
doctor;
(B) was not admitted to the list of approved
doctors either by action of the Texas Workers' Compensation
Commission or the division or by agreement with the doctor;
(C) was suspended from the list of approved
doctors either by action of the Texas Workers' Compensation
Commission or the division or by agreement with the doctor; or
(D) had the doctor's license to practice
suspended by the appropriate licensing agency, including a
suspension that was stayed, deferred, or probated, or voluntarily
relinquished the license to practice; and
(2) has [was] not been reinstated or restored by the
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission or the division to:
(A) the list of approved doctors; or
(B) the workers' compensation system [before
September 1, 2007].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.