Bill Text: NY S06024 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to removing limits on the duration of treatment by a licensed physical therapist when a patient does not have a referral.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S06024 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06024-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          6024
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 10, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to removing limits on the
          duration of treatment by a licensed physical therapist when a  patient
          does not have a referral
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision d of section 6731  of  the  education  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  389  of  the  laws  of 2007, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    d. Such treatment may be rendered by  a  licensed  physical  therapist
     5  [for  ten visits or thirty days, whichever shall occur first,] without a
     6  referral from a physician, dentist, podiatrist,  nurse  practitioner  or
     7  licensed midwife provided that:
     8    (1) [The licensed physical therapist has practiced physical therapy on
     9  a full time basis equivalent to not less than three years.] The physical
    10  therapist  will  refer  the  patient to the appropriate licensed profes-
    11  sional if symptoms are present of which physical therapy is  contraindi-
    12  cated or which symptoms are indicative of conditions for which treatment
    13  is outside the scope of the practice of physical therapy;
    14    (2)    If  the  patient  has a primary care licensed provider or other
    15  treating physician, the physical  therapist  provides  ongoing  communi-
    16  cation with that professional during the course of treatment; and
    17    (3)  Each  physical  therapist licensed pursuant to this article shall
    18  provide written notice to each  patient  receiving  treatment  absent  a
    19  referral  from  a  physician, dentist, podiatrist, nurse practitioner or
    20  licensed midwife that  physical  therapy  may  not  be  covered  by  the
    21  patient's  health  care plan or insurer without such a referral and that
    22  such treatment may be a covered expense if rendered pursuant to a refer-
    23  ral. The physical therapist  shall  keep  on  file  with  the  patient's
    24  records  a  form  attesting to the patient's notice of such advice. Such
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11566-01-7

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     1  form shall be in duplicate, with one copy to be retained by the patient,
     2  signed and dated by both the physical therapist and the patient in  such
     3  form  as  prescribed  pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commis-
     4  sioner.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     6  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
     7  ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
     8  necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
     9  authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
    10  effective date.
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