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Texas Labor Code - Section 409.012. Vocational Rehabilitation Information

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§ 409.012. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION INFORMATION.  (a) 
The division shall analyze each report of injury received from an 
employer under this chapter to determine whether the injured 
employee would be assisted by vocational rehabilitation.
	(b)  If the division determines that an injured employee 
would be assisted by vocational rehabilitation, the division shall 
notify:
		(1)  the injured employee in writing of the services 
and facilities available through the Department of Assistive and 
Rehabilitative Services and private providers of vocational 
rehabilitation;  and
		(2)  the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative 
Services and the affected insurance carrier that the injured 
employee has been identified as one who could be assisted by 
vocational rehabilitation.
	(c)  The division shall cooperate with the office of injured 
employee counsel, the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative 
Services, and private providers of vocational rehabilitation in the 
provision of services and facilities to employees by the Department 
of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.
	(d)  A private provider of vocational rehabilitation 
services may register with the division.
	(e)  The commissioner by rule may require that a private 
provider of vocational rehabilitation services maintain certain 
credentials and qualifications in order to provide services in 
connection with a workers' compensation insurance claim.
	(f)  The division and the Department of Assistive and 
Rehabilitative Services shall report to the legislature not later 
than August 1, 2006, on their actions to improve access to and the 
effectiveness of vocational rehabilitation programs for injured 
employees.  The report must include:
		(1)  a description of the actions each agency has taken 
to improve communication regarding and coordination of vocational 
rehabilitation programs;
		(2)  an analysis identifying the population of injured 
employees that have the poorest return-to-work outcomes and are in 
the greatest need for vocational rehabilitation services;
		(3)  any changes recommended to improve the access to 
and effectiveness of vocational rehabilitation programs for the 
populations identified in Subdivision (2);  and
		(4)  a plan to implement these changes.                                       

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended 
by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 956, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 
2005, 79th Leg., ch. 265, § 3.143, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.

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