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- Referred to labor
- Referred to labor
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Title of bill
An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to permitting any medical provider authorized by the workers' compensation board to treat injured workers
Purpose
To permit any medical provider authorized by the Workers' Compensation Board to treat injured workers to perform diagnostic testing under all circumstances provided they accept the designated carrier's published fee for those services. If no fee schedule is published and submitted to the Worker's Compensation Chair, the prevailing fee schedule will apply.
Existing law
Workers' compensation insurance carriers and self-insureds may enter into private contracts with medical networks to provide diagnostic testing to injured workers including x-rays, MRI, CAT scan, electrical based tests, and other diagnostic screening tools. Previously, these tests were performed by the patient's doctor, the provider to whom the patient was referred by his/her physician, or the place where the patient chose to go. This change limiting patient choice was included as part of the Workers Compensation Reform Act of 2007.
Justification
This legislation will reinstate patient choice in diagnostic testing under the Workers' Compensation Law. Injured workers will once again be able to receive diagnostic testing from their physicians, providers referred by their doctors, or other providers of their choice.
Prior legislative history
2008: S.8474 Referred to Rules
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This Act will take effect immediately.
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