504.053
(a) A political subdivision that self-insures either individually or collectively shall provide workers’ compensation medical benefits to the injured employees of the political subdivision through a workers’ compensation health care network certified under Chapter 1305, Insurance Code, if the governing body of the political subdivision determines that provision of those benefits through a network is […]
413.0515
(a) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., ch. 856 (S.B. 800), § 25(14). (b) If the division or the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners discovers an act or omission by a chiropractor that may constitute a felony, a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, a violation of state or federal narcotics or controlled substance law, an offense […]
501.022
(a) An eligible employee of Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Angelo State University, Texas Tech University System Administration, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, Midwestern State University, or another agency under the direction and control of the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System is entitled […]
409.022
(a) An insurance carrier’s notice of refusal to pay benefits under Section 409.021 must specify the grounds for the refusal. (b) The grounds for the refusal specified in the notice constitute the only basis for the insurance carrier’s defense on the issue of compensability in a subsequent proceeding, unless the defense is based on newly […]
505.054
(a) The department may require that an individual may not be certified as an employee of the department under this chapter until the individual: (1) submits to a physical examination as provided by this section; and (2) is certified by the examining physician to be physically fit to perform the duties and services to which […]
410.005
(a) Unless the division determines that good cause exists for the selection of a different location, a contested case hearing may not be conducted at a site more than 75 miles from the claimant’s residence at the time of the injury. (b) Unless the assigned arbitrator determines that good cause exists for the selection of […]
404.002
(a) The office of injured employee counsel is established to represent the interests of workers’ compensation claimants in this state. (b) The office is administratively attached to the department but is independent of direction by the commissioner, the commissioner of insurance, and the department. (c) The department shall provide the staff and facilities necessary to […]
407a.351
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), each group shall use the uniform classification system and experience rating plan of the department. (b) A group may file rates with the department, including any reasonable and supporting information required by the commissioner. (c) As approved by the commissioner, a group may use rating debits or credits […]
408.0043
(a) This section applies to a person, other than a chiropractor or a dentist, who performs health care services under this title as: (1) a doctor performing peer review; (2) a doctor performing a utilization review of a health care service provided to an injured employee; (3) a doctor performing an independent review of a […]
408.023
(a) The division shall develop a list of doctors licensed in this state who are approved to provide health care services under this subtitle. A doctor is eligible to be included on the division’s list of approved doctors if the doctor: (1) registers with the division in the manner prescribed by commissioner rules; and (2) […]