Sec. 410.203. POWERS AND DUTIES OF APPEALS PANEL; PRIORITY OF HEARING ON REMAND. (a) The appeals panel shall consider: (1) the record developed at the contested case hearing; and (2) the written request for appeal and response filed with the appeals panel. (b) The appeals panel may: (1) reverse the decision of the administrative law judge and render a new decision; (2) reverse the decision of the administrative law judge and remand the case to the administrative law judge for further consideration and development of evidence; or (3) affirm the decision of the administrative law judge in a case described by Section 410.204 (a-1). (c) The appeals panel may not remand a case under Subsection (b)(2) more than once. (d) A hearing on remand shall be accelerated and the commissioner shall adopt rules to give priority to the hearing over other proceedings. (e) The appeals panel shall issue and maintain a precedent manual. The precedent manual shall be composed of precedent-establishing decisions and may include other information as identified by the appeals panel.
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