A bill that would give injured workers and their physicians more control over medical treatment was introduced Wednesday in the New York State Assembly.
A.B. 10250, referred to the Labor Committee, would amend state law on medical procedures, crossing out language that requires providers to demonstrate “appropriateness and medical necessity” of such treatment for pre-authorized procedures, and substituting language that the state’s list of procedures cannot be “used as a basis to deny treatment not contained therein.”
The bill stipulates that the state’s list of pre-authorized procedures exists “solely for the purpose of expediting authorization of treatment of injured workers.”