| History:
(a) Except as provided by Section 402.002, the Texas Department of Insurance is the state agency designated to oversee the workers' compensation system of this state.
(b) The division of workers' compensation is established as a division within the Texas Department of Insurance to administer and operate the workers' compensation system of this state as provided by this title.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 980, §1.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. , § HB 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
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Relevant Case Law
Note: Commission can conduct desk review of a medical facility to ensure compliance with Commission policies/guidelines.
Note: Health care provider disputing adequacy of payment by carrier cannot obtain judicial review before exhausting administrative remedies.
Note: The Division does not have the authority to require a carrier to pay retroactive lifetime income benefits.
Note: Courts have no jurisdiction to compel the DWC (formerly the TWCC) to place a physician on the approved physician list.
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