Bill Text: TX SB1022 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to submission of reports by an advanced practice registered nurse under the workers' compensation system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1022 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1022-Introduced.html
86R3025 KKR-D | ||
By: Creighton | S.B. No. 1022 |
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relating to submission of reports by an advanced practice | ||
registered nurse under the workers' compensation system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 408.025(a-1), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a-1) A treating doctor may delegate to a physician | ||
assistant who is licensed to practice in this state under Chapter | ||
204, Occupations Code, or an advanced practice registered nurse who | ||
is licensed to practice in this state under Chapter 301, | ||
Occupations Code, the authority to complete and sign a work status | ||
report regarding an injured employee's ability to return to | ||
work. The delegating treating doctor is responsible for the acts | ||
of the physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse | ||
under this subsection. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |