Bill Text: NY S09716 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Removes limits on the duration of treatment by a licensed physical therapist when a patient does not have a referral.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-22 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S09716 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S09716-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9716 IN SENATE May 22, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BROUK, ASHBY, BORRELLO, CHU, GALLIVAN, GOUNARDES, MANNION, STEC, WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to removing limits on the duration of treatment by a licensed physical therapist when a patient does not have a referral The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision d of section 6731 of the education law, as 2 amended by chapter 389 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 d. Such treatment may be rendered by a licensed physical therapist 5 [for ten visits or thirty days, whichever shall occur first,] without a 6 referral from a physician, dentist, podiatrist, nurse practitioner or 7 licensed midwife provided that: 8 (1) [The licensed physical therapist has practiced physical therapy on9a full time basis equivalent to not less than three years.] The physical 10 therapist will refer the patient to the appropriate licensed profes- 11 sional if symptoms are present of which physical therapy is contraindi- 12 cated or which symptoms are indicative of conditions for which treatment 13 is outside the scope of the practice of physical therapy; 14 (2) If the patient has a primary care licensed provider or other 15 treating physician, the physical therapist provides ongoing communi- 16 cation with that professional during the course of treatment; and 17 (3) Each physical therapist licensed pursuant to this article shall 18 provide written notice to each patient receiving treatment absent a 19 referral from a physician, dentist, podiatrist, nurse practitioner or 20 licensed midwife that physical therapy may not be covered by the 21 patient's health care plan or insurer without such a referral and that 22 such treatment may be a covered expense if rendered pursuant to a refer- 23 ral. The physical therapist shall keep on file with the patient's 24 records a form attesting to the patient's notice of such advice. Such 25 form shall be in duplicate, with one copy to be retained by the patient, 26 signed and dated by both the physical therapist and the patient in such EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04710-01-3S. 9716 2 1 form as prescribed pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commis- 2 sioner. 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 4 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 5 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 6 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to 7 be made and completed on or before such effective date.