S.B.
147
WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY RELATED
AMENDMENTS
Senate Committee
Amendments
Amendment 2 February 4, 2013 10:58 AM
Senator Jerry W. Stevenson
proposes the following amendments:
1. Page
11, Line 335 through Page 12, Line 341
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(1) The commission may by rule, made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
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Administrative Rulemaking Act, establish for purposes of health care goods and services
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compensable under this chapter and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, health care
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treatment protocols and determinations of medical necessity of goods and services.
(2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), an insurer or employer may use all or part of the Washington
State Department of Labor and Industries "Guideline for Prescribing Opioids to Treat Pain in Injured
Workers" which takes effect July 1, 2013, or a later edition of these guidelines if the later edition is
approved by the commission by rule, made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
Administrative Rulemaking Act.
(3) The commission shall reasonably enforce the healthcare treatment protocols and determinations of
medical necessity of goods and services adopted under Subsection (1) or used under Subsection (2).
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{
(2)
}
(4)
This section does not prohibit an insurer or employer from contracting with a
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provider of health services related to health care treatment protocols and determinations of
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medical necessity of goods and services.
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