| Passed by the Senate March 10, 2004 YEAS 49 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 3, 2004 YEAS 96 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6356 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2004 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/19/2004. Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
AN ACT Relating to physician assistants executing a certain certificate for labor and industries; adding a new section to chapter 51.28 RCW; creating a new section; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 51.28 RCW
to read as follows:
Physician assistants practicing with physician supervision as
required by chapters 18.57A and 18.71A RCW may assist workers who
suffer simple industrial injuries in making application for
compensation under this title as specified in RCW 51.28.020. Physician
assistants may not rate a worker's permanent partial disability under
RCW 51.32.055, or determine a worker's entitlement to benefits under
chapter 51.32 RCW. The department shall adopt rules necessary to
implement this section, including rules identifying simple industrial
injuries using diagnosis codes and other relevant criteria.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 By December 1, 2006, the department of labor
and industries shall report to the senate committee on commerce and
trade and the house committee on commerce and labor, or successor
committees, on the implementation of this act, including but not
limited to the effects of this act on injured worker outcomes, claim
costs, and disputed claims.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3 This act takes effect July 1, 2004.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4 Sections 1 and 2 of this act expire July 1,
2007.