Bill Text: HI HB1815 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; Director; Workers' Compensation; Guidelines; Treatment
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-27 - Referred to LAB, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 2 [HB1815 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-HB1815-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to workers' compensation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 386-26, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.
["§386-26 Guidelines
on frequency of treatment and reasonable utilization of health care and
services. The director shall issue guidelines for the frequency of
treatment and for reasonable utilization of medical care and services by health
care providers that are considered necessary and appropriate under this
chapter. The guidelines shall not be considered as an authoritative
prescription for health care, nor shall they preclude any health care provider
from drawing upon the health care provider's medical judgment and expertise in
determining the most appropriate care.
The guidelines shall be adopted pursuant to
chapter 91 and shall not interfere with the injured employee's rights to
exercise free choice of physicians under section 386-21.
In addition, the director shall adopt
updated medical fee schedules referred to in section 386-21, and where deemed
appropriate, shall establish separate fee schedules for services of health
care providers as defined in section 386-1 to become effective no later than
June 30, 1986, in accordance with chapter 91"].
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; Director; Workers' Compensation; Guidelines; Treatment
Description:
Repeals the requirement that the director of labor and industrial relations issue guidelines on frequency of treatment and reasonable utilization of health care and services, and adopt updated medical fee schedules, pertaining to workers' compensation.
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