Tex. Labor Code Section 501.028
Expedited Provision of Medical Benefits for Certain Injuries Sustained by Certain Members of Texas Military Forces on State Active Duty

(a)

This section applies only to a member of the Texas military forces who sustains a serious bodily injury, as defined by Section 1.07 (Definitions), Penal Code, on state active duty.

(b)

An insurance carrier shall accelerate and give priority to a claim for medical benefits by a member of the Texas military forces to which this section applies, including all health care required to cure or relieve the effects naturally resulting from a compensable injury described by Subsection (a).

(c)

The division shall accelerate, under rules adopted by the commissioner of workers’ compensation, a contested case hearing requested by or an appeal submitted by a member of the Texas military forces to which this section applies regarding the denial of a claim for medical benefits, including all health care required to cure or relieve the effects naturally resulting from a compensable injury described by Subsection (a). The member shall provide notice to the division and independent review organization that the contested case or appeal involves a member of the Texas military forces.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 660 (H.B. 90), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2023.

Source: Section 501.028 — Expedited Provision of Medical Benefits for Certain Injuries Sustained by Certain Members of Texas Military Forces on State Active Duty, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.­501.­htm#501.­028 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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