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SB 1662: Workers’ Compensation

GENERAL BILL by Grimsley

Workers’ Compensation; Prohibiting an employer or carrier from refusing to authorize a health care provider to treat an injured employee solely because the health care provider is also the dispensing practitioner; prohibiting the Department of Financial Services, an employer, or carrier from requiring the injured employee to use a specified pharmacy, pharmacist, or dispensing practitioner; prohibiting a physician or the physician’s assignee from holding an ownership interest in a licensed pharmaceutical repackaging entity or to set or cause to be set a repackaged pharmaceutical average wholesale price, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2013
Last Action: 5/3/2013 Senate - Died in Banking and Insurance, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 662 (Ch. 2013-131)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Health Policy (HP)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    3/2/2013 Senate • Filed
    3/7/2013 Senate • Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Appropriations -SJ 176
    • Introduced -SJ 176
    5/3/2013 Senate • Died in Banking and Insurance, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 662 (Ch. 2013-131)

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  • SB 1662, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/2/2013 at 11:42 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 483 Workers' Compensation Diaz Similar Last Action: 5/3/2013 H Died in Health Quality Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 662 (Ch. 2013-131)
    Location: In committee/council (HQS)
    H 605 (c1) Workers' Compensation Hudson Compare Last Action: 4/30/2013 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 662 (Ch. 2013-131) -HJ 1006
    Location: Laid on Table
    S 662 (er) Workers’ Compensation Hays Compare Last Action: 6/10/2013 Chapter No. 2013-131
    Location: Became Law

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    440.13 Medical services and supplies; penalty for violations; limitations. Page 2 (pdf)

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