Assembly Bill No. 147-Assemblymen Goldwater, Herrera, Giunchigliani, Krenzer, Braunlin and Buckley
February 6, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Labor and Management
SUMMARY--Limits circumstances under which certain persons may communicate with physician or chiropractor of injured employee. (BDR 53-829)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Yes.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; limiting the circumstances under which certain persons may communicate with the physician or chiropractor of an injured employee; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1 Chapter 616D of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. An insurer, an employer, an organization for managed care, a third-party administrator or the representative of any of those persons shall not initiate:
(a) Any oral communication concerning the claim of an injured employee with the injured employee's examining or treating physician or chiropractor unless the injured employee or his representative is present when the communication is made; or
(b) Any written communication concerning the claim with the injured employee's examining or treating physician or chiropractor unless a copy of the communication is submitted to the injured employee or his representative in the same manner and on the same day that the communication is submitted to the physician or chiropractor.
2. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 2 The provisions of this act do not apply to offenses committed before October 1, 1997.
Sec. 3 The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any additional expenses of a local government that are related to the provisions of this act.