2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st) A AB338 514
ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date |SENATE ACTION Initial and Date
Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost
Concurred In Not |Concurred In Not
Receded Not | Receded Not
Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 3 and adding:
“Secs. 1-3. (Deleted by amendment.)”.
Amend sec. 6, page 4, line 32, by deleting “alternate” and inserting “alternative”.
Amend sec. 6, page 5, line 3, by deleting “alternate” and inserting “alternative”.
Amend sec. 7, page 5, line 35, by deleting “specialist,” and inserting:
“specialist for treatment,”.
Amend sec. 7, page 6, line 6, by deleting “specialist,” and inserting:
“specialist for treatment,”.
Amend sec. 7, page 6, lines 13 and 14, by deleting:
“may, without obtaining prior approval from the insurer,” and inserting “may”.
Amend sec. 7, page 6, line 35, by deleting “alternate” and inserting “alternative”.
Amend sec. 13, page 11, by deleting line 17 and inserting:
“accident to the claimant [.] or the date the occupational disease is contracted by the claimant. If a claim is reopened”.
Amend sec. 14, page 12, lines 22 and 23, by deleting:
“must:
(a) Specify” and inserting “must specify”.
Amend sec. 14, page 12, line 24, by deleting “[(a)] (1)” and inserting “(a)”.
Amend sec. 14, page 12, line 27, by deleting “[(b)] (2)” and inserting “(b)”.
Amend sec 14, page 12, line 28, by deleting “[(1)] (I)” and inserting “(1)”.
Amend sec. 14, page 12, line 31, by deleting “[(2)] (II)” and inserting “(2)”.
Amend sec. 14, page 12, by deleting lines 34 through 47.
Amend sec. 15, page 13, line 29, by deleting:
“When an insurer contacts the” and inserting:
“If an insurer contacts the treating”.
Amend sec. 15, page 13, line 32, before “physician” by inserting “treating”.
Amend sec. 15, pages 13 and 14, by deleting lines 48 and 49 on page 13 and lines 1 through 4 on page 14, and inserting:
“is of a type that might have caused such a loss. No factors other than the degree of physical or psychological impairment of the whole man may be considered in calculating the entitlement to compensation for a permanent partial disability.”.
Amend sec. 15, page 14, line 5, before “6.” by inserting “[5.]”.
Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 20 through 26.
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
“AN ACT relating to workers’ compensation; requiring an insurer to reimburse an injured employee for medical expenses paid by the employee under certain circumstances; requiring insurers to provide certain types of notifications concerning an injured employee’s right to choose physicians or chiropractors; requiring the administrator of the division of industrial relations of the department of business and industry to design a form notifying injured employees of their right to choose an alternative physician or chiropractor; allowing injured employees to choose under certain circumstances physicians or chiropractors who are not under contract with the managed care organization of the insurer; allowing an injured employee to choose any qualified physician or chiropractor to render a second determination of his percentage of disability; revising certain provisions governing eligibility for compensation for reopening a claim; revising the provisions governing offers of temporary, light-duty employment; revising the provisions governing the determination of a permanent partial disability; revising provisions governing eligibility for and length, goals and amounts of vocational rehabilitation services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.