SB 25-186 — Sunset Workers' Compensation Providers Accreditation Program

First Regular Session Seventy-fifth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO ENGROSSEDREENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted on Second Reading in the House of Introduction LLS NO.

and Ball, ListonListon, Bridges, Cutter, Exum, Gonzales J., Jodeh, Kipp, Michaelson Jenet, Sullivan, Wallace HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Hamrick and Lieder, Senate Committees House Committees Business, Labor, & Technology Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING THE CONTINUATION OF THE WORKERS ''COMPENSATION COMPENSATION ACCREDITATIONOF HEALTH -CAREPROVIDERSPROGRAM ,AND, AND , IN CONNECTION THEREWITH , IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE 2024 SUNSET REPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF REGULATORY AGENCIES AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION .

n d 5 E e 0 Bill Summary T d , N 3 1 S e r (Note:

This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does n A e notreflectanyamendmentsthatmaybesubsequentlyadopted.Ifthisbill A passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at http://leg.colorado.gov/.) gi da e5 2R 0 Sunset Process - Senate Business, Labor, and Technology T Rd 2, AN n2 51 Shading denotes HOUSE amendment.

ES de ir Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.n Ap Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.

Dashese throughA Committee.Thebillimplementstherecommendationsofthedepartment of regulatory agencies (department) in its 2024 sunset review of the wordsworkers' orcompensation numbersaccreditation indicateof deletionshealth-care providers program (program),includingextendingtheprogramfor11yearstoSeptember1, 2036, and authorizing any health-care professional regulated by the division of professions and occupations in the department who provides treatment in the workers' compensation system to obtain level I accreditation from existingthe law.division of workers' compensation in the department of labor and employment.

e A A Committee.Thebillimplementstherecommendationsofthedepartment of regulatory agencies (department) in its 2024 sunset review of the workers' compensation accreditation of health-care providers program (program),includingextendingtheprogramfor11yearstoSeptember1, 2036, and authorizing any health-care professional regulated by the division of professions and occupations in the department who provides treatment in the workers' compensation system to obtain level I accreditation from the division of workers' compensation in the department of labor and employment.

In Colorado Revised Statutes, 8-42-101, amend (3.5)(a)(I)(A), (3.5)(c)(I),(3.5)(a)(I)(E),(c)(I), and (3.6)(r)(I) as follows:

andiropractorandOMETRIST licensedLICENSED underUNDER articleARTICLE 215275OFTITLE of12; title 12;ANY OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL REGULATED PURSUANT TO TITLE 12 WHO PROVIDES TREATMENT IN THE WORKERS COMPENSATION SYSTEM .

a chiropractor licensed under article 215 of title 12;

ANY OTHER HEALTH -CARE PROFESSIONAL REGULATED PURSUANT TO TITLE 12 AND LISTED IN THE UTILIZATION STANDARDS ESTABLISHED IN RULES ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (3.5)(a)(II)THISSECTIONWHOPROVIDESTREATMENTINTHEWORKERS ' COMPENSATION SYSTEM .

-2- 186 (E) Nothing in this subsection (3.5)(a) grants any person other than a physician licensed under the "Colorado Medical Practice Act", ARTICLE 240OF TITLE12, the authority to determine that no permanent medical impairment has resulted from the injury pursuant to subsection (3.6)(b) of this section or that a claimant has attained maximum medical improvement pursuant to section 8-42-107 (8)(b)(I).

(3.6) The two-tier accreditation system shall comprise the -2- 186 following programs:

(37) (a) TE FOLLOWING AGENCIES ,FUNCTIONS,FUNCTIONS,OR ,ORBOTH BOTH,ARE,ARE SCHEDULED FOR REPEAL ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2036:

(I) TE ACCREDITATIONOFHEALTH -CARECARE PROVIDERSUNDERTHE WORKERS ' COMPENSATION SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8-42-101(3.5)AND (3.6).

(b) THISSUBSECTIONTHISSUBSECTION(37)ISREPEALED,EFFECTIVES (37ISREPEALEDEPTEMBER ,EFFECTIVESEPTEMBER 1, -3- 186 2038.

and -3- 186 (b) $15,388 for operating expenses.

on the day following the expiration of the ninety-dayperiodafterfinaladjournmentofthegeneralassembly;except that,that,if if a referendumpetition isfiledpursuantis filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of articlearticleV V of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless approved bybythe the people at the general election to be held in November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.