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Senate committee hears competing views on adding PTs and OTs as workers’ comp attending providers
Summary
Lawmakers heard pro and con testimony on SB 6,152, which would add physical and occupational therapists to the list of attending providers in the workers' compensation system; proponents said it shortens care delays and reduces costs, while businesses and L&I warned of scope, network enrollment and implementation work and a $1.9 million fiscal note.
Senate Bill 6,152, which would add licensed physical and occupational therapists to the list of "attending providers" in the state workers' compensation system, drew robust testimony Tuesday in the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee.
Committee staff told lawmakers the bill would remove an administrative barrier that now limits PTs and OTs from being the attending provider, and that the change would require credentialing, outreach and IT work with an estimated fiscal note of about $1,900,000 for the 2025–29 period. "Senate Bill 6,152 is an act relating to including physical and occupational therapists…
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