Senate Bill S4749

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes licensed clinical social workers to provide services to injured employees under workers' compensation coverage

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S4749 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7457
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง13-p, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S1492, A3877
2019-2020: A3444
2021-2022: A1589
2023-2024: A852

2015-S4749 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes licensed clinical social workers to provide services to injured employees under workers' compensation coverage.

2015-S4749 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4749 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4749

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. AVELLA, KLEIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

AN  ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to authoriz-
  ing care and treatment  of  injured  employees  by  licensed  clinical
  social workers

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The workers' compensation law is amended by  adding  a  new
section 13-p to read as follows:
  S  13-P.  CARE AND TREATMENT OF INJURED EMPLOYEES BY LICENSED CLINICAL
SOCIAL WORKERS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "CHAIR" SHALL  MEAN
THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD.
  2.  (A)  AN  INJURED  EMPLOYEE, INJURED UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH MAKE
SUCH INJURY COMPENSABLE UNDER THIS ARTICLE,  MAY  LAWFULLY  BE  TREATED,
UPON  THE  REFERRAL  OF  AN AUTHORIZED PHYSICIAN, BY A LICENSED CLINICAL
SOCIAL WORKER, LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE  HUNDRED  FIFTY-FOUR  OF
THE  EDUCATION  LAW, AUTHORIZED BY THE CHAIR TO RENDER LICENSED CLINICAL
SOCIAL WORK SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. SUCH  SERVICES  SHALL  BE
WITHIN  THE  SCOPE OF SUCH LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS' SPECIALIZED
TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR
OF THE EDUCATION LAW. LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS AUTHORIZED BY THE
CHAIR TO PROVIDE SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, SHALL NOT BE AUTHOR-
IZED TO PERFORM INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS, EXCEPT FOR INDEPENDENT
MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS RELATED TO THE NEED FOR  LICENSED  CLINICAL  SOCIAL
WORK SERVICES.
  (B)  MEDICAL  BUREAUS,  MEDICAL  CENTERS JOINTLY OPERATED BY LABOR AND
MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVES, HOSPITALS AND HEALTH  MAINTENANCE  ORGANIZA-
TIONS, AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTEEN-C
OF THIS CHAPTER, MAY PROVIDE LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK SERVICES WHEN
REQUIRED,  UPON  THE  REFERRAL OF AN AUTHORIZED PHYSICIAN, PROVIDED SUCH

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10303-02-5

              

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