Bill Would Remove Language on Permission for Comp Surgeries

Rhode Island lawmakers are considering legislation that would remove language in the state’s workers’ compensation law on requiring permission before major surgery. HB 6461, introduced Wednesday, would amend state law on employers’ requirement to “promptly” provide medical services necessary “in order to cure, rehabilitate or relieve the employee from the effects of an employee’s injury” by eliminating current language that states “no fee for major surgery shall be paid unless permission for it is first obtained from the workers&rsquo...