The new rules affect the following statutes: Texas Labor Code §402.042, that authorizes the Executive Director to enter orders as authorized by the statute as well as to prescribe the form and manner and procedure for transmission of information to the commission; the Texas Labor Code §402.061, which authorizes the commission to adopt rules necessary to administer the Act; the Texas Labor Code §406.010, that authorizes the commission to adopt rules necessary to specify the requirements for carriers to provide claims service and establishes that a person commits a violation if the person violates a rule adopted under this section; the Texas Labor Code §408.021(a), that states an employee who sustains a compensable injury is entitled to all health care reasonably required by the nature of the injury as and when needed; the Texas Labor Code §408.025, that requires the commission to specify by rule what reports a health care provider is required to file; the Texas Labor Code §408.028, as passed by the 77th Texas Legislature, that requires health care practitioners providing care to an employee to prescribe any necessary prescription drugs in accordance with applicable state law; the Texas Labor Code §413.002, that requires the commission to monitor health care providers and insurance carriers to ensure compliance with commission rules relating to health care including medical policies and fee guidelines; the Texas Labor Code §413.011, as passed by the 77th Texas Legislature, that requires the commission by rule to establish medical policies and guidelines relating to necessary treatments for injuries, and fees, designed to ensure the quality of medical care and to achieve effective medical cost control; the Texas Labor Code §413.012, that requires the commission to review and revise medical policies and fee guidelines at least every two years to reflect current medical treatment and fees that are reasonable and necessary; the Texas Labor Code §413.013 (1) (2) and (3), that require the commission by rule to establish a program for prospective, concurrent, and retrospective review and resolution of a dispute regarding health care treatments and services; a program for the systematic monitoring of the necessity of the treatments administered and fees charged and paid for medical treatments or services including the authorization of prospective, concurrent or retrospective review under the medical policies of the commission to ensure the medical policies and guidelines are not exceeded; and a program to detect practices and patterns by insurance carriers in unreasonably denying authorization of payment for medical services requested or performed if authorization is required by the medical policies of the commission; the Texas Labor Code §413.0141, as passed by the 77th Texas Legislature, regarding initial pharmaceutical coverage; the Texas Labor Code §413.017, that establishes presumption of reasonableness of medical services; the Texas Labor Code §413.031, as passed by the 77th Texas Legislature, that entitles a party, including a health care provider, to a review of a medical service for which authorization for payment has been denied or reduced; the Texas Labor Code §415.002, that establishes an administrative violation for an insurance carrier to: unreasonably dispute the reasonableness and necessity of health care, to violate a commission rule or to fail to comply with the Act; the Texas Labor Code §415.003, as passed by the 77th Texas Legislature, that establishes an administrative violation for a health care provider to: administer improper, unreasonable, or medically unnecessary treatment or services, to violate a commission rule, or to fail to comply with the act; and the Texas Labor Code §415.0035, that establishes an administrative violation for an insurance carrier to deny preauthorization in a manner that is not in accordance with commission rules.