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Amend CSHB 7 as follows:
On Page 164, insert between Lines 5 and 6, the following:
"Sec. 1305.105 TREATMENT BY A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER UNDER
CHAPTER 843, INSURANCE CODE. (a) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this chapter, an injured employee required to receive
health care services within a network may select as the employee's
treating physician a physician who the employee selected, prior to
injury, as the employee's primary care provider under Chapter 843.
(a) A physician serving as an employee's treating physician
under Subsection (a) must agree to abide by the terms of the
network's contract and comply with the provisions of this
subchapter."