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Senate Bill S7478

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to chronic care for injured workers

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2011-S7478 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง138, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
S1585

2011-S7478 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2011-S7478 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S7478 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7478

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 24, 2012
                               ___________

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:

  Section 1. The workers' compensation law is amended by  adding  a  new
section 138 to read as follows:
  S  138. CHRONIC CARE. 1. FOR INJURED WORKERS WHOSE INJURIES ARE DEEMED
LONG TERM OR PERMANENT BY THE BOARD,  WHERE  NO  FUNDAMENTAL  CHANGE  IS
REASONABLY  ANTICIPATED  BY  CONTINUED  CARE  IN  ANY SPECIALTY, AND ALL
TREATMENT OPTIONS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED, THE BOARD MAY APPROVE  A  MONTHLY
DOLLAR  ALLOWANCE  OR  TREATMENT  FREQUENCY  FOR  THE  INJURED WORKER TO
CONTINUE TO TREAT WITHIN THE SPECIALTY OF HIS  OR  HER  CHOICE  FOR  THE
PURPOSE OF PAIN MANAGEMENT AND/OR SUSTAINING FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY.
  2.  IF  AN  INJURED  WORKER  CHOOSES  TO EXCEED THE LEVEL OF TREATMENT
RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD, THE INJURED WORKER SHALL HAVE  THE  OPTION  OF
SIGNING  A  WAIVER AND PAYING THE PROVIDER PRIVATELY FOR THE AMOUNT THAT
EXCEEDS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15994-01-2

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