85R13234 KKR-D     By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 3702       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the notice of rights provided to an injured employee   under the Texas workers' compensation system.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 404.109, Labor Code, is amended to read   as follows:          Sec. 404.109.  INJURED EMPLOYEE RIGHTS; NOTICE. (a)  The   public counsel shall adopt, in the form and manner prescribed by the   public counsel and after consultation with the commissioner of   workers' compensation, a notice of injured employee rights and   responsibilities to be distributed by the division as provided by   commissioner or commissioner of insurance rules.          (b)  The notice adopted under Subsection (a) must inform an   injured employee that the employee has the right to choose a   treating doctor, including a doctor of medicine, osteopathic   medicine, optometry, dentistry, podiatry, or chiropractic who is   licensed and authorized to practice.          (c)  A right or responsibility included in the notice adopted   under Subsection (a) [this section] must be consistent with the   requirements of this subtitle and division rules.          (d)  This section may not be construed as establishing an   entitlement to benefits to which the claimant is not otherwise   entitled under this subtitle.          SECTION 2.  The public counsel of the office of injured   employee counsel shall adopt the notice required under Section   404.109, Labor Code, as amended by this Act, not later than December   1, 2017.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.