Bill Text: NY S03762 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Permits an authorized physician to direct that physical therapy care may be rendered by a certified physical therapist assistant.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-19 - SUBSTITUTED BY A2859B [S03762 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S03762-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3762--B
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 26, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  GRIFFO, ADDABBO, AMEDORE, AVELLA, BONACIC, BOYLE,
          BRESLIN, CARLUCCI, COMRIE, DeFRANCISCO, DILAN, FUNKE, GALLIVAN,  GOLD-
          EN,  HAMILTON,  KENNEDY,  LANZA,  LARKIN,  LATIMER, MARCHIONE, PARKER,
          RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE, ROBACH, SAVINO, STAVISKY, VALESKY -- read  twice
          and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
          on  Labor  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee  discharged,
          bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
          committee
        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, provided that a certified physical therapist assistant  shall  work
     8  under  the  supervision of a licensed physical therapist performing such
     9  patient related activities as are assigned by the  supervising  physical
    10  therapist  pursuant  to  article one hundred thirty-six of the education
    11  law.  Where physical therapy care is rendered records of  the  patient's
    12  condition  and progress, together with records of instruction for treat-
    13  ment, if any, shall be maintained by the physical therapist  and  physi-
    14  cian.    Physical  therapists  must co-sign physical therapist assistant
    15  treatment notes. Said records shall be submitted to the  chair  on  such
    16  forms  and  at  such times as the chair may require.  Care provided by a
    17  licensed physical therapist or a certified physical therapist  assistant
    18  shall be in accordance with article one hundred thirty-six of the educa-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07797-07-7
        S. 3762--B                          2
     1  tion  law. The chair, in consultation with the board's medical director,
     2  shall review physical therapy service codes to determine  the  appropri-
     3  ateness  of  modifiers, if any, based on the  practitioner rendering the
     4  service  and shall implement modifiers as appropriate. A certified phys-
     5  ical therapist assistant shall not be authorized to perform  independent
     6  medical examinations.
     7    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
     8  have become a law.