STATE OF NEW YORK
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3969--B
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 22, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Labor in accord-
ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to authoriz-
ing treatment of workers' compensation injuries by an occupational
therapy assistant or physical therapy assistant
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 13-b of the workers' compensation
2 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (b-1) to read as follows:
3 (b-1) Under the direct supervision of an authorized occupational ther-
4 apist, occupational therapy services may be rendered by an occupational
5 therapy assistant. Under the direct supervision of an authorized phys-
6 ical therapist, physical therapy services may be rendered by a physical
7 therapist assistant. This supervision shall be evidenced by signed
8 records of instructions for treatment and signed records of the
9 patient's condition and progress. Reports of such treatment and super-
10 vision shall be made by such provider to the chair in the format
11 prescribed by the chair at such times as the chair may require.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
13 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06525-06-0
