TITLE: Relating to completion of work status reports by a physician assistant under the workers' compensation system.

SUMMARY: Relating to completion of work status reports by a physician assistant under the workers' compensation system.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to completion of work status reports by a physician assistant under the workers' compensation system. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 408.025, Labor Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) 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, 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 under this subsection. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.