Hawaii lawmakers on Thursday sent the governor a bill that would entitle injured workers to receive magnetic resonance images during the first 60 days after an injury before a medical treatment plan is in place.
The House of Representatives and Senate on Wednesday both signed off on a conference committee amendment to HB 1944 that would make the bill take effect July 1.
HB 1944 would declare that injured workers are entitled to an MRI of the cervical spine or the lumbar spine if the attending physician finds objective indicia of radicular symptoms “that reasonably could be caused by in...
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