2SSB 5597 -
By Senators Rasmussen, Rockefeller, Jacobsen
NOT ADOPTED 03/08/2007
On page 2, line 6, after "(3)" insert "This section applies only to
services within the direct scope of practice of the licensed
chiropractor. Nothing in this section requires carriers to pay for the
services of other license categories for whom it contracts directly,
including but not limited to licensed massage practitioners or
radiology, or for services delivered by unlicensed persons, including
students.
(4) This section does not authorize billing practices that would
not be permitted under the federal or state medicare or medicaid as
applied to physician practices.
(5)"
EFFECT: Clarifies that the act is not intended to mandate that carriers pay for the services of any person simply because they happen to be in the employ of a contracted chiropractor, or for services outside the contracted chiropractor's scope of practice, or for services delivered by unlicensed persons and students.