STATE OF NEW YORK
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6686--B
Cal. No. 229
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 24, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Labor -- reported from committee, advanced to a third reading,
amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of
third reading -- again amended on third reading, ordered reprinted,
retaining its place on the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to the rates
of payment for the treatment and care of injured employees; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 13 of the workers' compensation law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision (a-1) to read as follows:
3 (a-1) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of subdivision four
4 of section twenty-eight hundred seven or subdivision one of section
5 twenty-eight hundred seven-c of the public health law, payments to
6 general hospitals for APR-DRGs 23 (spinal procedures), 303 (dorsal and
7 lumbar fusion procedures for curvature of back), 304 (dorsal and lumbar
8 fusion procedures except for curvature of back), 310 (intervertebral
9 disc excision and decompression), and 321 (cervical spinal fusion and
10 other back/neck procedures excluding disc excision/decompression) shall
11 be at the rates of payment determined pursuant to subparagraph (i) of
12 paragraph (b-1) of subdivision 1 of section twenty-eight hundred seven-c
13 of the public health law plus the provider's documented cost for any
14 implantable hardware and instrumentation, which should be recorded under
15 revenue code 278 on the claim, plus an additional ten percent of such
16 documented cost not to exceed a maximum of three hundred fifty dollars.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; and shall be deemed to
18 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2011, and shall
19 expire on April 1, 2012 when upon such date the provisions of this act
20 shall be deemed repealed.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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