Texas Labor Code - Section 413.023. Information To Employers
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§ 413.023. INFORMATION TO EMPLOYERS. (a) The division
shall provide employers with information on methods to enhance the
ability of an injured employee to return to work. The information
may include access to available research and best practice
information regarding return-to-work programs for employers.
(b) The division shall augment return-to-work program
information provided to employers to include information regarding
methods for an employer to appropriately assist an injured employee
to obtain access to doctors who:
(1) provide high-quality care; and
(2) use effective occupational medicine treatment
practices that lead to returning employees to productive work.
(c) The information provided to employers under this
section must help to foster:
(1) effective working relationships with local
doctors and with insurance carriers or workers' compensation health
care networks certified under Chapter 1305, Insurance Code, to
improve return-to-work communication; and
(2) access to return-to-work coordination services
provided by insurance carriers.
(d) The division shall develop and make available the
information described by this section.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 265, § 3.244, eff. Sept. 1,
2005.
Section: 413.016 413.017 413.018 413.019 413.020 413.021 413.022 413.023 413.024 413.025 413.031 413.032 413.041 413.042 413.043
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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