Please contact Senator Rick Scott! Urge for a 'YES' vote on S. 131!
Posted about 2 months ago by Jennifer Schnippert
On Wednesday, HSGAC is scheduled to consider S. 131, the Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. This bill would modernize the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) to authorize NPs to certify and oversee the care for injured federal employees, consistent with state law. Under current law, federal employees can select an NP as their health care provider within the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). However, FECA only permits a physician to make the diagnosis, certify the injury and extent of the disability and oversee the patient’s treatment and care when the federal employee is injured on the job.