Senate Bill S2669

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to independent medical examinations

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง137, Work Comp L

2009-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that if a practitioner shall find no disability while performing an independent medical examination then such practitioner, or another member of a preferred provider organization or managed care provider to which the practitioner belongs is not eligible to perform any subsequent independent medical examination of the claimant for the original claim or any new claim.

2009-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2669

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 26, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  MORAHAN,  DeFRANCISCO  --  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  certain
  independent medical examinations

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 137 of the workers' compensation law is amended  by
adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
  12.  IF  A  PRACTITIONER  SHALL FIND NO DISABILITY WHILE PERFORMING AN
INDEPENDENT MEDICAL  EXAMINATION  THEN  SUCH  PRACTITIONER,  OR  ANOTHER
MEMBER  OF A PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION OR MANAGED CARE PROVIDER TO
WHICH THE PRACTITIONER BELONGS, IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO  PERFORM  ANY  SUBSE-
QUENT  INDEPENDENT  MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF THE CLAIMANT FOR THE ORIGINAL
CLAIM OR ANY NEW CLAIM.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01891-01-9

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