Bill Text: NY S03555 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits an authorized physician to direct that physical therapy care may be rendered by a duly licensed physical therapist assistant.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S03555 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S03555-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3555
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 5, 2013
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Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, SAVINO -- 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 physical
therapy care provided through the workers' compensation system
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 13-b of the work-
2 ers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 473 of the laws of 2000, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (d) Upon the referral which may be directive as to treatment of an
5 authorized physician physical therapy care may be rendered by a duly
6 licensed physical therapist OR BY A CERTIFIED PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSIST-
7 ANT. Where physical therapy care is rendered records of the patient's
8 condition and progress, together with records of instruction for treat-
9 ment, if any, shall be maintained by the physical therapist and physi-
10 cian. Said records shall be submitted to the chair on such forms and at
11 such times as the chair may require.
12 S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
13 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02814-01-3
