Sec. 1305.002. PURPOSE

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The 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 , Sec. 4.02, eff. September 1, 2005.

                    
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