The Colorado House of Representatives passed a bill that would double the number of physicians an employer must offer to a worker seeking treatment for a job-related injury.The House on Thursday voted 37-27 to pass HB 1383, a bill by Rep. Angele Williams, D-Denver, that would require injured workers be allowed to seek treatment from a list of four employer-selected physicians. A draft of HB 1383 circulated in November was more ambitious that the bill Williams filed April 16. During months of negotiations, provisions were removed that would have allowed injured workers to go to any physician wh...
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