By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefNew York claimants' attorneys are targeting changes to the state's year-old medical treatment guidelines as the top priority for the 2012 session of the New York Legislature.Both the New York Workers' Compensation Alliance and the state Injured Workers' Bar Association (IWBA) said in legislative agendas posted this month that they will renew a push from last session to pass Assembly 6296 and Senate 3746.The bills would prohibit the New York State Workers' Compensation Board (SWCB) from applying the guidelines to injuries or illnesses...
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