By: Oliveira (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)	H.B. No. 2056
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017;
	May 1, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
	Commerce; May 9, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 9, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to access by the division of workers' compensation to
	certain designated doctor contracts under the workers'
	compensation system.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 408.1225, Labor Code, is amended by
	adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows:
	(g)  On request of the division, a designated doctor shall
	provide the division with a copy of any contract that is:
	(1)  between the designated doctor and an authorized
	agent of the doctor; and
	(2)  for services provided by the agent related to the
	designated doctor's duties, including scheduling, billing, and
	organizing medical records.
	(h)  A contract provided to the division under Subsection (g)
	is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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