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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Feb 19, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S2364
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S2364 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง13-a, Work Comp L
2009-S2364 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2364 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to permitting any medical provider authorized by the workers' compensation board to treat injured workers PURPOSE : To permit any medical provider authorized by the Workers' Compensation Board to treat injured workers to perform diagnostic testing under all circumstances provided they accept the designated carrier's published fee for those services. If no fee schedule is published and submitted to the Worker's Compensation Chair, the prevailing fee schedule will apply. EXISTING LAW : Workers' compensation insurance carriers and self-insureds may enter into private contracts with medical networks to provide diagnostic testing to injured workers including x-rays, MRI, CAT scan, electrical based tests, and other diagnostic screening tools. Previously, these tests were performed by the patient's doctor, the provider to whom the patient was referred by his/her physician, or the place where the patient chose to go. This change limiting patient choice was included as part of the Workers Compensation Reform Act of 2007.
2009-S2364 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2364 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 19, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ONORATO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to permitting any medical provider authorized by the workers' compensation board to treat injured workers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 13-a of the workers' compensation law, as added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: (7)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, any insurance carrier authorized to transact the business of workers' compensation insurance in this state, self-insurer or the state insurance fund may contract with a network or networks, legally and properly organized, to perform diagnostic tests, x-ray examinations, magnetic resonance imaging, or other radiological examinations or tests of claimants and may require claimant to obtain or undergo such diagnos- tic test, x-ray examinations, magnetic resonance imaging or other radio- logical examinations or tests with a provider or at a facility that is affiliated with the network or networks with which the carrier contracts, except if a medical emergency occurs requiring an immediate diagnostic test, x-ray examination, magnetic resonance imaging or other radiological examination or test or if the network with which the insur- ance carrier, self-insurer or the state insurance fund contracts does not have a provider or facility able to perform the examination or test within a reasonable distance from the claimant's residence or place of employment, as defined by regulation of the board. (b) ANY MEDICAL PROVIDER AUTHORIZED BY THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD TO TREAT INJURED WORKERS IS PERMITTED TO PERFORM DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, X-RAY EXAMINATIONS, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, OR OTHER RADIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS OR TESTS UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, SUCH EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09584-01-9
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