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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5605
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 6128
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR REVISIONS TO THE WORKERS'
COMPENSATION ACT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (11) of section 31-280 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
2025): 3
(11) (A) Establish standards in consultation with the advisory board 4
for approving all fees for services rendered under this chapter by 5
attorneys, physicians, surgeons, podiatrists, optometrists, dentists and 6
other persons; 7
(B) In consultation with employers, their insurance carriers, union 8
representatives, physicians and third-party reimbursement 9
organizations establish, not later than October 1, 1993, and publish 10
annually thereafter, a fee schedule setting the fees payable by an 11
employer or its insurance carrier for services rendered under this 12
chapter by an approved physician, surgeon, podiatrist, optometrist, 13
dentist and other persons, provided the fee schedule shall not apply to 14
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managed care plan pursuant to section 31-279. On and after April 1, 16
2008, the chairperson shall implement and annually update relative 17
values based on the Medicare resource-based relative value scale and 18
implement coding guidelines in conformance with the Correct Coding 19
Initiative used by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 20
Services. [The conversion to the Medicare resource-based relative value 21
scale shall be revenue-neutral.] The fee schedule shall limit the annual 22
growth in total medical fees to the annual percentage increase in the 23
consumer price index for all urban workers. The chairperson may make 24
necessary adjustments to the fee schedule for services rendered under 25
this chapter where there is no established Medicare resource-based 26
relative value. Payment of the established fees by the employer or its 27
insurance carrier shall constitute payment in full to the practitioner, and 28
the practitioner may not recover any additional amount from the 29
claimant to whom services have been rendered; 30
(C) Issue, not later than October 1, 1993, and publish annually 31
thereafter, guidelines for the maximum fees payable by a claimant for 32
any legal services rendered by an attorney in connection with the 33
provisions of this chapter, which fees shall be approved in accordance 34
with the standards established by the chairperson pursuant to 35
subparagraph (A) of this subdivision; 36
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 31-280(11)
LAB Joint Favorable