New York Senate Bill S06501 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6501 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 24, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, MANNION, MYRIE, STEC -- 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 treatment of workers' compensation injuries by an occupational therapy assistant or physical therapy assistant The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 13-b of the workers' compensation 2 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (b-1) to read as follows: 3 (b-1) Under the direct supervision of an authorized occupational ther- 4 apist, occupational therapy services may be rendered by an occupational 5 therapy assistant. Under the direct supervision of an authorized phys- 6 ical therapist, physical therapy services may be rendered by a physical 7 therapist assistant. This supervision shall be evidenced by signed 8 records of instructions for treatment and signed records of the 9 patient's condition and progress. Reports of such treatment and super- 10 vision shall be made by such provider to the chair in the format 11 prescribed by the chair at such times as the chair may require. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 13 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03223-01-3