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Assembly Bill A4380

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires reimbursement of chiropractic services

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2009-A4380 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง13-l, Work Comp L

2009-A4380 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the Workers' Compensation Board to reimburse chiropractors for individual diagnostic and treatment services and modalities lawfully rendered by such chiropractor in the treatment of an injured worker.

2009-A4380 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4380

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 3, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to reimburse-
  ment for chiropractic services

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 13-l of the workers' compensation law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 8-a to read as follows:
  8-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS  SECTION,  CHIROPRAC-
TORS  MAY RENDER AND SHALL RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE BOARD FOR EACH
AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT  SERVICES  AND  MODALITIES
RENDERED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  FOR ALL CONDITIONS WHICH MAY LAWFULLY BE
TREATED BY A CHIROPRACTOR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00728-01-9

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