Purpose

Sec. 1305.002. PURPOSE. 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. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 4.02, eff. September 1, 2005.