PURPOSE.
Tex. INS Code § 1305.002.
in effectThe 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.