BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

HB 3206: Workers' compensation

Providing industrial insurance compensation for medical treatment received at personal expense.

Summary

Provides that if the Department of Labor and Industries has made a medical coverage decision denying an injured worker's request for coverage of a particular treatment and the worker subsequently receives the treatment, the Department must reimburse the payor in certain circumstances.
Requires the Department of Labor and Industries to authorize coverage for a trial of an implantable medical device intended to treat chronic intractable pain if a treating provider requests a trial on an individual worker.
Requires the Department of Labor and Industries to authorize coverage for full implantation and follow-up treatment if the treating provider finds individual success for the worker after a trial of an implantable medical device intended to treat chronic intractable pain is conducted.

From the House Bill Analysis (HB 3206), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to industrial insurance compensation for medical or surgical treatment proven to be effective;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 3206 (2009–10) Restoring programs T.O. · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 3206 (2007–08) Annual econ impact report · Enacted · Chapter 28, Laws of 2008
HB 3206 (2003–04) Residential habilitation · Did not pass · died in committee