Panel Approves Ban on Retroactive Application of Treatment Guides

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefThe New York Assembly Labor Committee on Tuesday approved legislation that would prevent the State Workers' Compensation Board (SWCB) from applying its new medical treatment guides retroactively.Approval by the 29-member panel of Assembly 6294 sends the legislation on to the Assembly's Ways and Means Committee.Assemblywoman Nancy Calhoun, a Republican from Blooming Grove, thanked the bill's sponsor on behalf of New York's chiropractors and said in an interview the bill had bipartisan support in the committee."The chiropractors in my area...