WA People
BILL · 2007–08 SESSION

HB 1357: Workers' comp for pain

Providing industrial insurance compensation for medical or surgical treatment for intractable pain.

Summary

  • Provides that, upon request of the treating provider, the department must authorize coverage for a trial on an individual worker entitled to benefits under Title 51 RCW of an implantable medical device intended to treat chronic intractable pain otherwise approved by the United States food and drug administration and considered standard of care throughout the interventional pain medical community.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 17, 2007
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Tami Green (D-28)
Introduced
January 17, 2007 in the House
Last action
January 14, 2008
Companion bill
SB 5928

AN ACT Relating to industrial insurance compensation for medical or surgical treatment for intractable pain;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Tami Green (D-28)

3 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Lynn Kessler D-24Al O'Brien D-1Alex Wood D-3

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.

HB 1357 in other sessions

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

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