1950-S AMS LCF S2473.1
SHB 1950 - S COMM AMD
By Committee on Labor, Commerce & Financial Institutions
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1. RCW 51.28.010 and 1977 ex.s. c 350 s 32 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
Whenever any accident occurs to any worker it shall be the duty of such worker
or someone in his or her behalf to forthwith report such accident to his or her
employer, superintendent, or ((foreman or forewoman)) supervisor
in charge of the work, and of the employer to at once report such accident and
the injury resulting therefrom to the department pursuant to RCW 51.28.025((,
as now or hereafter amended,)) where the worker has received treatment from
a ((physician)) health services provider, has been hospitalized,
disabled from work, or has died as the apparent result of such accident and
injury.
(2) Upon receipt of such notice of accident, the department shall immediately forward to the worker or his or her beneficiaries or dependents notification, in nontechnical language, of their rights under this title. The notice must specify the worker's right to receive health services from a health services provider of the worker's choice, as defined in RCW 51.08.095, and must list the types of providers authorized to provide these services.
Sec. 2. RCW 51.28.020 and 1984 c 159 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)(a)
Where a worker is entitled to compensation under this title he or she shall
file with the department or his or her ((self-insuring)) self-insured
employer, as the case may be, his or her application for such, together with
the certificate of the ((physician)) health services provider who
attended him or her((, and it shall be the duty of)). Application
forms used by the department and self-insured employers shall include a notice
specifying the worker's right to receive health services from a health services
provider of the worker's choice, as defined in RCW 51.08.095, and listing the
types of providers authorized to provide these services as attending doctors.
(b)
The ((physician to)) health services provider who attended the
injured worker shall inform the injured worker of his or her rights under
this title and ((to)) lend all necessary assistance in making this
application for compensation and such proof of other matters as required by the
rules of the department without charge to the worker. The department shall
provide ((physicians)) health services providers with a manual
which outlines the procedures to be followed in applications for compensation
involving occupational diseases, and which describes claimants' rights and
responsibilities related to occupational disease claims.
(2)
If application for compensation is made to a ((self-insuring)) self-insured
employer, he or she shall forthwith send a copy ((thereof)) of the
application to the department.
Sec. 3. RCW 51.08.095 and 1986 c 200 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:
"Health services provider" or "provider" means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, agency, institution, or other legal entity providing any kind of services related to the treatment of an industrially injured worker. Health services providers authorized to treat injured workers as attending doctors under this title are: (1) Persons licensed to practice medicine under chapter 18.71 RCW; (2) persons licensed to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery under chapter 18.57 RCW; (3) persons licensed to practice chiropractic under chapter 18.25 RCW; (4) persons licensed to practice naturopathy under chapter 18.36A RCW; (5) persons licensed to practice podiatric medicine and surgery under chapter 18.22 RCW; (6) persons licensed to practice dentistry under chapter 18.32 RCW; and (7) persons licensed to practice optometry under chapter 18.53 RCW.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. By January 1, 2002, the department of labor and industries shall develop the forms required under sections 1 and 2 of this act, and these forms must be in use by the department and self-insured employers by July 1, 2002.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. This act takes effect January 1, 2002, but the department may immediately take such steps as are necessary to ensure that this act is fully implemented on its effective date."
SHB 1950 - S COMM AMD
By Committee on Labor, Commerce & Financial Institutions
On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "insurance;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 51.28.010, 51.28.020, and 51.08.095; creating a new section; and providing an effective date."
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