The Texas Department of Insurance’s Division of Workers’ Compensation on Tuesday announced changes to its rules that it says eliminates “overly burdensome administrative regulations that (insurance) companies must adhere to in order to demonstrate the sufficiency of their (Accident Prevention Services).”
The changes, which the department says concern submissions for insurance companies and are in line with the state’s labor code, will allow the division “to direct our attention and resources to services that have proven to be more effective in providing occupational assistance to Texas employees and employers,” according to the department.
Some of the changes include the maintenance of written procedures and that an insurer must evaluate a policyholder’s needs according to those procedures, the filing of annual reports on accident prevention services, minimizing what is required to that which is in state law, and certain company inspection requirements.
The changes go into effect on July 1.