Bill Text: NY S02669 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S02669 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S02669-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2669
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 26, 2009
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       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:
    1    Section 1. Section 137 of the workers' compensation law is amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
    3    12.  IF  A  PRACTITIONER  SHALL FIND NO DISABILITY WHILE PERFORMING AN
    4  INDEPENDENT MEDICAL  EXAMINATION  THEN  SUCH  PRACTITIONER,  OR  ANOTHER
    5  MEMBER  OF A PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION OR MANAGED CARE PROVIDER TO
    6  WHICH THE PRACTITIONER BELONGS, IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO  PERFORM  ANY  SUBSE-
    7  QUENT  INDEPENDENT  MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF THE CLAIMANT FOR THE ORIGINAL
    8  CLAIM OR ANY NEW CLAIM.
    9    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