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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 608
BY REPRESENTATIVE BROADWATER
WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides with respect to the workers' compensation
reimbursement schedule
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 23:1034.2(C)(2)(d), relative to workers' compensation; to2
provide with respect to the reimbursement schedule; and to provide for related3
matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 23:1034.2(C)(2)(d) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as6
follows: 7
ยง1034.2. Reimbursement schedule8
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(2) The director shall have the authority to collect the information and data12
necessary to calculate the reimbursement schedule. The collection of information13
and data shall be governed by the following guidelines:14
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(d) There shall be a minimum of thirty thirty-five health care providers16
reporting data upon which each disseminated statistic is based.17
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Broadwater HB No. 608
Abstract: Provides with respect to the reimbursement schedule for drugs, supplies, hospital
care and services, medical and surgical treatment, and non-medical treatment under
the Workers' Compensation Act.
Present law gives the director authority to collect the information necessary to calculate the
reimbursement schedule.
Present law provides that there shall be a minimum of 30 health care providers reporting data
upon which each disseminated statistic is based.
Proposed law changes the minimum number of health care providers reporting data from 30
to 35.
(Amends R.S. 23:1034.2(C)(2)(d))