Assembly Actions -
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May 24, 2012 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S7478
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, IP) 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
2011-S7478 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง138, Work Comp L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
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S1585
2011-S7478 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7478 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to chronic care for injured workers PURPOSE: This legislation allows the workers compensation board to allow for a monthly dollar allowance or treatment frequency for injured workers whose injuries are deemed to be long term or permanent. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill allows injured workers whose injuries are deemed long term or permanent by the workers compensation board where no change is anticipated by continued care and all treatment options have been exhausted allows the board to approve a monthly dollar allowance or treatment frequency for the injured worker to continue to receive care within the specialty of their choice for the purpose of pain management and/or sustaining functional capacity. Further stipulates that if an injured worker chooses to exceed the treatment recommended, the injured worker shall have the option of signing a waiver and paying the provider privately for the amount that exceeds the recommendation. Section 2 is the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: This legislation allows the establishment of ongoing treatment protocols
2011-S7478 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7478 I N S E N A T E May 24, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRISANTI -- 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 chronic care for injured workers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The workers' compensation law is amended by adding a new section 138 to read as follows: S 138. CHRONIC CARE. 1. FOR INJURED WORKERS WHOSE INJURIES ARE DEEMED LONG TERM OR PERMANENT BY THE BOARD, WHERE NO FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IS REASONABLY ANTICIPATED BY CONTINUED CARE IN ANY SPECIALTY, AND ALL TREATMENT OPTIONS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED, THE BOARD MAY APPROVE A MONTHLY DOLLAR ALLOWANCE OR TREATMENT FREQUENCY FOR THE INJURED WORKER TO CONTINUE TO TREAT WITHIN THE SPECIALTY OF HIS OR HER CHOICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAIN MANAGEMENT AND/OR SUSTAINING FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY. 2. IF AN INJURED WORKER CHOOSES TO EXCEED THE LEVEL OF TREATMENT RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD, THE INJURED WORKER SHALL HAVE THE OPTION OF SIGNING A WAIVER AND PAYING THE PROVIDER PRIVATELY FOR THE AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15994-01-2
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