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HB 1571 Workers' compensation; fees for medical services.
Introduced by: Peter F. Farrell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Workers' compensation; fees for medical services. Provides that the pecuniary liability of an employer for a medical service provided for the treatment of a traumatic injury or serious burn includes liability for any professional service rendered during the dates of service of the admission or transfer to a Level I or Level II trauma center or to a burn center, as applicable. The measure increases the initial charge outlier threshold, which under the stop-loss feature allows hospitals to receive payments or reimbursements that exceed the fee schedule amount for certain claims, from 150 percent of the maximum fee for the service set forth in the applicable fee schedule to 300 percent of such amount. The measure allows the Workers' Compensation Commission to adjust the charge outlier threshold percentage; under existing law, it is allowed only to decrease the percentage. The measure also (i) expands the definition of codes, as used in the provision directing the Commission to establish fee schedules for scheduled medical services, to include revenue codes, which are defined in the bill; (ii) clarifies the definition of "HCPCS codes"; (iii) directs the Commission to use the regulatory advisory panel on all matters involving or related to the fee schedule as deemed necessary by the Commission; (iv) adds a definition of "new type of technology"; and (v) extends the deadline by which the regulatory advisory panel is required to meet, review, and make recommendations to the Commission from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2018. The bill contains an emergency clause.
FULL TEXT
- 01/02/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/11/17 17102180D pdf | impact statement
- 01/17/17 House: Printed as engrossed 17102180D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1571ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/02/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/11/17 17102180D
- 01/02/17 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/12/17 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/16/17 House: Read first time
- 01/17/17 House: Read second time
- 01/17/17 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/17/17 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1571E
- 01/17/17 House: Printed as engrossed 17102180D-E
- 01/18/17 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/19/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/13/17 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/17 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/17 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/17 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 House: Enrolled
- 02/20/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1571ER)
- 02/20/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- 02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/13/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 478 (effective 3/13/17)
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478)