HB 483: Workers' Compensation
GENERAL BILL by Diaz, J.
Workers' Compensation; Prohibits employer or carrier from refusing to authorize physician to treat injured employee solely because physician is dispensing practitioner; provides for authorized physician to dispense & fill prescriptions; prohibits DFA, employer, or carrier from determining which pharmacy, pharmacist, or dispensing practitioner claimant must use; specifies amount of credit provider must give to carrier or self-insured employer for certain repackaged or relabeled prescriptions; prohibits physician or physician's assignee from holding an ownership interest in licensed pharmaceutical repackaging entity & from setting prices for repackaged pharmaceuticals.
Effective Date: 7/1/2013
Last Action: 5/3/2013 House - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 662 (Ch. 2013-131)
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 5/3/2013 House - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 662 (Ch. 2013-131)
Bill Text: PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/22/2013 | House |
• Filed |
| 1/30/2013 | House |
• Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 57 |
| 3/5/2013 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 57 |
| 5/3/2013 | House |
• Died in Health Quality Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 662 (Ch. 2013-131) |
