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NY A08957
Bill
Status
1/30/2024
Primary Sponsor
Karines Reyes
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AI Summary
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Amends workers' compensation law section 13-a to clarify that communications between a claimant's attorney or representative and an injured employee's treating provider or medical consultant do not constitute improper influence.
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Specifies that such communications may be made verbally or in writing without being deemed an attempt to improperly influence medical opinions.
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Prohibits diminishing or precluding the opinion of a treating provider or claimant's consultant based on communications with a claimant's attorney or representative.
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Establishes that communications between a claimant's attorney or representative and medical providers shall not be presumed to be improper influence.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Provides that certain communications between a claimant's attorney or representative and an injured employee's treating provider or a claimant's medical consultant are not improper influence or an attempt to improperly influence.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/30/2024