{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-413.042","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 413.042","heading":"PRIVATE CLAIMS; ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATION.","body":"(a) A health care provider may not pursue a private claim against a workers' compensation claimant for all or part of the cost of a health care service provided to the claimant by the provider unless:\n(1) the injury is finally adjudicated not compensable under this subtitle; or\n(2) the employee violates Section 408.022 relating to the selection of a doctor and the doctor did not know of the violation at the time the services were rendered.\n(b) A health care provider commits an administrative violation if the provider violates Subsection (a).\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.248, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION","SUBTITLE A. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT","CHAPTER 413. MEDICAL REVIEW","SUBCHAPTER D. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.413.htm#413.042","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"3213fab3389c4669a490c58b1eb0d0f813c0e0db684596d8cab6830029a2004b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-413.041","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-413.043"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}