BILL · 2007–08 SESSION

SB 5928: 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.

From the Bill Digest (SB 5928), 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 for intractable pain;

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.

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