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Assembly Bill A10311

Vetoed By Governor

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the rates of payments for the treatment and care of injured employees

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2009-A10311 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7455
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13, Work Comp L; amd §3, Chap 592 of 2006

2009-A10311 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the rates of payments for the treatment and care of injured employees.

2009-A10311 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A10311 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10311

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 17, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. JOHN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Labor

AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to the  rates
  of  payment  for  the  treatment and care of injured employees; and to
  amend chapter 592 of the laws of 2006 amending  the  workers'  compen-
  sation law relating to the rates of payment for the treatment and care
  of injured employees, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

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

  Section 1. Subdivision (a-1) of section 13  of  the  workers'  compen-
sation  law,  as added by chapter 592 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
read as follows:
  (a-1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision  four  of  section
twenty-eight  hundred  seven and subdivision one of section twenty-eight
hundred seven-c of the public health law, payments to general  hospitals
for  AP-DRGs  755-758 (spinal fusion; back and neck procedures), 806-807
(combined anterior and posterior spinal fusions), 836-837 (spinal proce-
dures), and 864-865 (cervical spinal fusion) shall be at  the  rates  of
payment  determined  pursuant to section twenty-eight hundred seven-c of
the public health law for state governmental agencies, excluding adjust-
ments pursuant to subdivision fourteen-f of  such  section  twenty-eight
hundred seven-c, plus the provider's documented cost for any implantable
hardware  and  instrumentation,  which  should be recorded under revenue
code 278 on the claim, plus an additional ten percent of such documented
cost not to exceed a maximum of three  hundred  fifty  dollars.    THESE
PAYMENTS  WILL  REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL SUPERSEDED BY APR-DRG 303 (DORSAL
AND LUMBAR FUSION PROCEDURES FOR CURVATURE OF BACK), APR-DRG 304 (DORSAL
AND LUMBAR FUSION PROCEDURES EXCEPT FOR CURVATURE OF BACK), APR-DRG  310
(INTERVERTEBRAL  DISC  EXCISION  & DECOMPRESSION), APR-DRG 321 (CERVICAL
SPINAL FUSION & OTHER BACK/NECK PROCEDURE EXCLUDING  DISC  EXCISION  AND
DECOMPRESSION), AND APR-DRG 23 (SPINAL PROCEDURES).
  S  2.  Section 3 of chapter 592 of the laws of 2006 amending the work-
ers' compensation law relating to the rates of payment for the treatment
and care of injured employees, is amended to read as follows:

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

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