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                                   1204
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI, WEPRIN, COLTON, BENEDETTO, STECK,
   STIRPE,  THIELE,  DICKENS,  SEAWRIGHT,  GANDOLFO,  BRABENEC,  CARROLL,
   SIMON,  LUNSFORD, JACOBSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDONOUGH
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to  authoriz-
   ing  treatment  of  workers'  compensation injuries by an occupational
   therapy assistant or physical therapy assistant
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 2 of section 13-b of the workers' compensation
 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (b-1) to read as follows:
   (B-1) UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF AN AUTHORIZED OCCUPATIONAL THER-
 APIST,  OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICES MAY BE RENDERED BY AN OCCUPATIONAL
 THERAPY ASSISTANT. UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF AN  AUTHORIZED  PHYS-
 ICAL  THERAPIST, PHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICES MAY BE RENDERED BY A PHYSICAL
 THERAPIST ASSISTANT. THIS  SUPERVISION  SHALL  BE  EVIDENCED  BY  SIGNED
 RECORDS  OF  INSTRUCTIONS  FOR  TREATMENT  AND  SIGNED  RECORDS  OF  THE
 PATIENT'S CONDITION AND PROGRESS.  REPORTS OF SUCH TREATMENT AND  SUPER-
 VISION  SHALL  BE  MADE  BY  SUCH  PROVIDER  TO  THE CHAIR IN THE FORMAT
 PRESCRIBED BY THE CHAIR AT SUCH TIMES AS THE CHAIR MAY REQUIRE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03223-01-3