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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 466
BY SENATOR BUFFINGTON
WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires annual updates to the workers' compensation
medical reimbursement schedule. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 23:1034.2(C)(1), relative to workers' compensation; to provide2
for mandatory annual updating of the medical reimbursement schedule; and to3
provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 23:1034.2(C)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง1034.2. Reimbursement schedule7
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C.(1) The reimbursement schedule shall include charges limited to the mean9
of the usual and customary charges for such care, services, treatment, drugs, and10
supplies. Any necessary adjustments to the reimbursement schedule adopted and11
established in accordance with the provisions of this Section may shall be made12
annually.13
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words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Mary Dozier O'Brien.
DIGEST
Present law provides that the medical reimbursement schedule utilized in the workers'
compensation system may be updated annually.
Proposed law requires that the medical reimbursement schedule shall be updated annually.
Effective August 1, 2012
(Amends R.S. 23:1034.2(C)(1))