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5	6		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5605
6	7		January Session, 2025
7	8		LCO No. 6128
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10	11		Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
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13	14		Introduced by:
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18	19		AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR REVISIONS TO THE WORKERS'
19	20		COMPENSATION ACT.
20	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
21	22		Assembly convened:
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23	24		Section 1. Subdivision (11) of section 31-280 of the general statutes is 1
24	25		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
25	26		2025): 3
26	27		(11) (A) Establish standards in consultation with the advisory board 4
27	28		for approving all fees for services rendered under this chapter by 5
28	29		attorneys, physicians, surgeons, podiatrists, optometrists, dentists and 6
29	30		other persons; 7
30	31		(B) In consultation with employers, their insurance carriers, union 8
31	32		representatives, physicians and third-party reimbursement 9
32	33		organizations establish, not later than October 1, 1993, and publish 10
33	34		annually thereafter, a fee schedule setting the fees payable by an 11
34	35		employer or its insurance carrier for services rendered under this 12
35	36		chapter by an approved physician, surgeon, podiatrist, optometrist, 13
36	37		dentist and other persons, provided the fee schedule shall not apply to 14
37		-	services rendered to a claimant who is participating in an employer's 15 Committee Bill No. 5605
	38	+	services rendered to a claimant who is participating in an employer's 15
	39	+	Committee Bill No. 5605
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	42	+	LCO No. 6128 2 of 3
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42	44		managed care plan pursuant to section 31-279. On and after April 1, 16
43	45		2008, the chairperson shall implement and annually update relative 17
44	46		values based on the Medicare resource-based relative value scale and 18
45	47		implement coding guidelines in conformance with the Correct Coding 19
46	48		Initiative used by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 20
47	49		Services. [The conversion to the Medicare resource-based relative value 21
48	50		scale shall be revenue-neutral.] The fee schedule shall limit the annual 22
49	51		growth in total medical fees to the annual percentage increase in the 23
50	52		consumer price index for all urban workers. The chairperson may make 24
51	53		necessary adjustments to the fee schedule for services rendered under 25
52	54		this chapter where there is no established Medicare resource-based 26
53	55		relative value. Payment of the established fees by the employer or its 27
54	56		insurance carrier shall constitute payment in full to the practitioner, and 28
55	57		the practitioner may not recover any additional amount from the 29
56	58		claimant to whom services have been rendered; 30
57	59		(C) Issue, not later than October 1, 1993, and publish annually 31
58	60		thereafter, guidelines for the maximum fees payable by a claimant for 32
59	61		any legal services rendered by an attorney in connection with the 33
60	62		provisions of this chapter, which fees shall be approved in accordance 34
61	63		with the standards established by the chairperson pursuant to 35
62	64		subparagraph (A) of this subdivision; 36
63	65		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
64	66		sections:
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66	68		Section 1 July 1, 2025 31-280(11)
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68		-	LAB Joint Favorable
	70	+	Statement of Purpose:
	71	+	To remove obsolete language from the Workers' Compensation Act.
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	73	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	74	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	75	+	underlined.]
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	77	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. RYAN, 139th Dist.
	78	+	Committee Bill No. 5605
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	81	+	LCO No. 6128 3 of 3
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	84	+	H.B. 5605
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