Bill Text: NY S07478 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to chronic care for injured workers; authorizes workers' compensation board to approve a monthly dollar allowance or treatment frequency for an injured worker to continue specialized treatment where the worker's injuries are deemed long term or permanent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-24 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S07478 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S07478-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7478
I N S E N A T E
May 24, 2012
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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:
1 Section 1. The workers' compensation law is amended by adding a new
2 section 138 to read as follows:
3 S 138. CHRONIC CARE. 1. FOR INJURED WORKERS WHOSE INJURIES ARE DEEMED
4 LONG TERM OR PERMANENT BY THE BOARD, WHERE NO FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IS
5 REASONABLY ANTICIPATED BY CONTINUED CARE IN ANY SPECIALTY, AND ALL
6 TREATMENT OPTIONS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED, THE BOARD MAY APPROVE A MONTHLY
7 DOLLAR ALLOWANCE OR TREATMENT FREQUENCY FOR THE INJURED WORKER TO
8 CONTINUE TO TREAT WITHIN THE SPECIALTY OF HIS OR HER CHOICE FOR THE
9 PURPOSE OF PAIN MANAGEMENT AND/OR SUSTAINING FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY.
10 2. IF AN INJURED WORKER CHOOSES TO EXCEED THE LEVEL OF TREATMENT
11 RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD, THE INJURED WORKER SHALL HAVE THE OPTION OF
12 SIGNING A WAIVER AND PAYING THE PROVIDER PRIVATELY FOR THE AMOUNT THAT
13 EXCEEDS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD.
14 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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