Assembly Bill A7873

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to removing limits on licensed physical therapists treating patients without a referral

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  • 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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2017-A7873 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6024
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6731, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7443, S5460
2021-2022: A5974, A9248, S3923
2023-2024: A2300, S3361, S9716

2017-A7873 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to removing limits on the duration of treatment by a licensed physical therapist when a patient does not have a referral.

2017-A7873 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7873
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to removing limits on the
   duration of treatment by a licensed physical therapist when a  patient
   does not have a referral

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision d of section 6731  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  389  of  the  laws  of 2007, is amended to read as
 follows:
   d. Such treatment may be rendered by  a  licensed  physical  therapist
 [for  ten visits or thirty days, whichever shall occur first,] without a
 referral from a physician, dentist, podiatrist,  nurse  practitioner  or
 licensed midwife provided that:
   (1) [The licensed physical therapist has practiced physical therapy on
 a full time basis equivalent to not less than three years.] THE PHYSICAL
 THERAPIST  WILL  REFER  THE  PATIENT TO THE APPROPRIATE LICENSED PROFES-
 SIONAL IF SYMPTOMS ARE PRESENT OF WHICH PHYSICAL THERAPY IS  CONTRAINDI-
 CATED OR WHICH SYMPTOMS ARE INDICATIVE OF CONDITIONS FOR WHICH TREATMENT
 IS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY;
   (2)    IF  THE  PATIENT  HAS A PRIMARY CARE LICENSED PROVIDER OR OTHER
 TREATING PHYSICIAN, THE PHYSICAL  THERAPIST  PROVIDES  ONGOING  COMMUNI-
 CATION WITH THAT PROFESSIONAL DURING THE COURSE OF TREATMENT; AND
   (3)  Each  physical  therapist licensed pursuant to this article shall
 provide written notice to each  patient  receiving  treatment  absent  a
 referral  from  a  physician, dentist, podiatrist, nurse practitioner or
 licensed midwife that  physical  therapy  may  not  be  covered  by  the
 patient's  health  care plan or insurer without such a referral and that
 such treatment may be a covered expense if rendered pursuant to a refer-
 ral. The physical therapist  shall  keep  on  file  with  the  patient's
 records  a  form  attesting to the patient's notice of such advice. Such
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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