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Workers' Compensation Committee
Staff Contact: Margaret Moree
What's New
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The Waiver Agreement Management Office (WAMO) Guidelines, August, 27 2010
- Medical Treatment Guideline July 1, 2010
- Summary of Text of addition of Part 324 and § 325-1.25, July 1, 2010
- Text of addition of Part 324 and § 325-1.25 July 1, 201
State Budget / End of session Update
WC Committee Albany Update
- August 27, 2010
- August 13, 2010
- July 1, 2010
- April 15, 2010
- State Supreme Court Sides With Group Self-Insured Trusts
- Coming to a Theater Near You: MAP Webinar, May 7
- New Hire
- Looking for Your Summer Reading List?
- In Case You Missed It: Board Now Publishing Decisions on Web site
- 02/26/10
- 02/23/10 Committee Update
- 02/09/10 Committee Update
The Workers' Compensation Board has just released on its web site the draft Medical Treatment Guidelines.
- 01/20/10 Committee Update
- 11/25/09 Committee Update
- Return to Work Update
- Return to Work Presentation
- 11/13/09 Workers' Comp Memorandum of Board Panel Decision
- 09/15/09 Committee Update
- Board Releases Revised Medical Report Forms
- Senate Labor Committee Hosts Public Hearing on Recording Testimony
- Medical Treatment Guidelines: Closer to Implementation
- Other 2007 Reform Implementation Issues
- What’s Ahead for 2010?
- 07/30/09 Committee Update
- 07/22/09 Workers’ Comp Board Regulatory Agenda
- 07/01/09 Proposed “Workplace Safety and Loss Prevention Incentive” Rule
- 04/10/09 - PPD Caps Undermined by Proposed Legislation, Workers’ Comp Board Program Bills, Other Comp Legislation, RFP for Medical Guidelines Training Services
- 01/30/09 - New C-2 Forms, Legislative Proposal to Index Clinic Funds and Comp Assessments
- 12/31/08 - Executive Budget Issues, WCB Forms, Proposed Dental Fee Schedule
- 12/05/08 - Annual “Safety Net” Report, New Workers’ Comp Solution for Manufacturers, Occupational Health Clinics
Testimony
2009-2010 Legislative Memos
Current NYS Workers’ Comp Legislation (4/10/09)
- A.469 (John), Oppose, Index Funding Increases for Occupational Health Clinics
Bill text - S.1795 (Duane)/ A.7767 (Kellner), Oppose, Permits workers suffering sexual assault in the workplace to recover damages from their employer
Bill text - S.2364 (Onorato), Oppose, Workers’ Compensation Medical Diagnostic Networks
Bill text - S.2781 (Onorato) / A.2135 (John), Oppose, Determination of Workers’ Comp Permanent Total Disability
Bill text - S.2978-B (Savino), Oppose, Permits workers’ compensation claimants to fill prescriptions outside plan’s pharmacy network
Bill text
- A.3117-B (Schroeder) / S. 1970-C (Stachowski), Oppose, Provides for a COLA to Workers' Compensation Death and Permanent Total Benefits, Past and Future
Bill text - S.7455-A (Savino) / A.10311 (John), Oppose, Provides Higher In-Patient Hospital Reimbursement Rate for Certain Spinal Fusion Procedures
Bill Text
- A.10343 (John), Oppose, Repeals Conciliation Section of the Workers Compensation Law; Requires Hearings to be Held within 20 Days of Request
Bill text
2007-08 Legislative Memo
- S.4738 / A.7999, allows disability benefits for non-disabled persons
- S.6325, Aggregate trust fund
- S.7849 Workers' Compensation notice requirements
Issues and Priorities
- Proposed Dental Fee Schedule (12/24/08)
- New York State Workers’ Compensation Reform Report
- Workers Comp Safety Net Report
- Workers Comp Data Report
- Pharmacy Fee Schedule/Pharmacy Networks Rulemaking
- July 23, 2008 Emergency Rulemaking/Revised Pharma Rule
- Business Council Comments on Proposed Final Rule
- Proposed Regulation/Express Terms
- Proposed Regulation/State Register Notice
- Pharmacy Rule Regulatory Impact Statement
- CIRB reform legislation
- Proposed NYS Medical Treatment Guidelines
- Treatment Guidelines Implementation
- Cover
letter
- Proposed
general principles medical
treatment guidelines
- Education
plan
- Proposed
lower back medical treatment
guidelines
- Proposed
cervical spine medical
treatment guidelines
- Proposed
shoulder medical treatment
guidelines
- Proposed
Knee medical treatment guidelines
- Pharmacy Fee Schedule/Emergency Rule and Pharmacy Fee Schedule/Emergency Rule/RIS
- “Rocket Docket” Work Group Recommendations
- Workers' Comp legislation
Council Workers' Comp News
- Council survey seeks to determine savings of 2007 comp reforms (February 28, 2008)
- Rating board announces significant decrease in average workers' compensation premium, assessments (August 1, 2007)
- Businesses expected to save $1 billion this year from 20 percent cut in workers' comp rates (July 11, 2007)
- State Superintendent of Insurance reviews progress towards administrative workers' comp reforms (April 30, 2007)
- With strong praise for the Council, Spitzer signs workers' comp reforms into law (March 13, 2007)
- Governor directs agency heads to adopt regulatory workers' compensation reforms (March 13, 2007)
- Workers' comp reform bill is approved by the Legislature (March 6, 2007)
- The Council has provided a summary of the reforms included in the workers' compensation reform package (March 5, 2006)
- Governor Spitzer, legislative leaders announce workers' comp reforms (February 27, 2007)
- Workers' comp reform: Finally coming in 2007? (January 24, 2007)
- Governor Spitzer's State of the State emphasizes economic revival and government reforms; The Governor's agenda addresses eight of 10 top priorities identified by Council members in a December survey (January 3, 2007)
- Governor Spitzer unveils broad 'Renew New York Agenda'; Initiative includes reforms to workers' comp and the Wicks Law, middle-class property-tax relief, and steps to increase energy supplies (January 2, 2007)