HOUSE BILL 1423

Sponsored By:

Delegate Wood

Entitled:

Workers' Compensation - Standards of Care - Accessibility and Schedule of Treatment

Synopsis:

Requiring the Workers' Compensation Commission to evaluate, on an annual basis, injured workers' access to health care and to include specified information in a specified report; requiring the Commission, by a specified date, to adopt regulations setting a specified treatment schedule; providing that a specified treatment schedule shall be presumptively correct as to the extent and scope of medical treatment; providing that a specified presumption is rebuttable and may be overcome under specified conditions; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

2/24

First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

3/8

Re-referred Economic Matters

3/9

Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.

3/22

Withdrawn

Senate Action

No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES

HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH

HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations

REPORTS

RULES AND REGULATIONS

WORKERS' COMPENSATION

WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- COL BARG; HOLIDAY; etc

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Labor and Employment

( 9-312 , 9-663 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered