House Passes Bill Addressing Medical Plans, Requesting Studies

The Connecticut state House of Representatives unanimously approved a measure that would require medical plans to include a mechanism for injured workers to determine medical necessity of recommended services and would create two study groups to analyze medical issues in the state’s comp system. Connecticut employers can create medical plans, subject to approval by the Workers’ Compensation Commission, to treat injured workers. House Bill 6797 would add to the standards that the commission must consider when approving medical plans “an administrative process that permi...