Stakeholders Propose Their Own Language to Replace Penalty Rules

The issue started with the self-insured Texas Association of School Boards. Insurance groups have also been vocal in their objections to vague regulations that they say fail to protect against overly harsh fines for minor reporting violations. But medical providers and third-party administrators also have been affected by the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation sanctions for errors on claims reports, attorneys testified at a hearing Thursday in Austin. In one example, attorney John Pringle told workers’ compensation officials that a physician, working as a designated doct...