Expedited Provision of Medical Benefits For Certain Injuries Sustained By Certain Members of Texas Military Forces On State Active Duty

Sec. 501.028. EXPEDITED PROVISION OF MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN INJURIES SUSTAINED BY CERTAIN MEMBERS OF TEXAS MILITARY FORCES ON STATE ACTIVE DUTY. (a) This section applies only to a member of the Texas military forces who sustains a serious bodily injury, as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, on state active duty. (b) An insurance carrier shall accelerate and give priority to a claim for medical benefits by a member of the Texas military forces to which this section applies, including all health care required to cure or relieve the effects naturally resulting from a compensable injury described by Subsection (a). (c) The division shall accelerate, under rules adopted by the commissioner of workers' compensation, a contested case hearing requested by or an appeal submitted by a member of the Texas military forces to which this section applies regarding the denial of a claim for medical benefits, including all health care required to cure or relieve the effects naturally resulting from a compensable injury described by Subsection (a). The member shall provide notice to the division and independent review organization that the contested case or appeal involves a member of the Texas military forces. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 660 (H.B. 90), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2023.