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Tex. Ins. Code § 1305.002

PURPOSE

Known as the Workers' Compensation Health Care Network Act

The act spans §§ 1305–1305 (49 sections).

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 4.02, eff

The purpose of this chapter is to:

(1) authorize the establishment of workers' compensation health care networks for the provision of workers' compensation medical benefits; and

(2) provide standards for the certification, administration, evaluation, and enforcement of the delivery of health care services to injured employees by networks contracting with or established by:

(A) workers' compensation insurance carriers;

(B) employers certified to self-insure under Chapter 407, Labor Code;

(C) groups of employers certified to self-insure under Chapter 407A, Labor Code; and

(D) governmental entities that self-insure, either individually or collectively.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.