Conference committee approves change allowing therapists to perform functional capacity exams in workers’ comp bill

The joint House–Senate conference committee on April 28 approved a conference draft (CD1) of a workers' compensation measure described in the meeting as HB 1509 / HB 1515 CD1. The draft would let an attending physician request a functional capacity examination and refer an injured employee for that examination without first obtaining the employer’s permission, and it would allow licensed occupational and physical therapists to be deemed qualified to perform functional capacity examinations.