S.B. 2923 Summary

• Requires the director of labor and industrial relations to update the workers' compensation medical fee schedule annually instead of every three years.

• Authorizes the director to establish a maximum allowable fee ceiling exceeding 110% of Medicare Resource Based Relative Value Scale fees for evaluation and management medical services.

• Appropriates funds for fiscal year 2014-2015 to prepare a report analyzing the Act's impact on workers' compensation claimants' access to appropriate treatment.

• Appropriates funds for fiscal year 2014-2015 to establish two full-time positions: a research statistician III and an office assistant IV to support the annual fee schedule review and rulemaking process.

• Takes effect July 1, 2050, and sunsets June 30, 2019, with section 386-21 reverting to its prior form upon repeal.