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Amend CSSB 5, in SECTION 4.02, by striking Sec. 1305.105 
(page 92, lines 14-28), and substituting the following:
	Sec. 1305.105.  TREATMENT BY A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER UNDER 
CHAPTERS 843 AND 1301, 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 doctor a doctor who the employee selected, 
prior to injury, as the employee's primary care provider under 
Chapter 843.
	(b)  A doctor serving as an employee's treating doctor under 
Subsection (a) must agree to abide by the terms of the network's 
contract and comply with the provisions of this subchapter and 
Subchapters D and E.  Services provided by such a doctor are subject 
to Subchapters F and G.
	(c)  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 doctor a doctor with 
whom the employee has a demonstrated, pre-existing treating 
relationship under Chapter 1301, Insurance Code, provided;
		(1)  The doctor is a member of the preferred provider 
panel pursuant to the terms of the employee's group health 
insurance plan; and
		(2)  The doctor agrees to be bound by the contractual 
terms of the network governing payment schedules, treatment 
guidelines, quality control and dispute resolution procedures and 
termination of the contractual relationship.
	(d)  Any change of doctor requested by an employee being 
treated by a doctor under Subsection (a) or (b) must be to a network 
doctor and is subject to the requirements of this chapter.