[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4979 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4979

   To require the administrative agency responsible for adjudicating 
 claims under the workers' compensation provisions of title 5, United 
  States Code, to select board certified physicians to provide second 
                               opinions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 17, 1994

Mr. Kreidler (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
Barlow, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Jacobs, Mrs. Unsoeld, Ms. Eddie 
Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Torres, Mr. Vento, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Synar, 
 and Mr. Johnston of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the administrative agency responsible for adjudicating 
 claims under the workers' compensation provisions of title 5, United 
  States Code, to select board certified physicians to provide second 
                               opinions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PHYSICIANS PROVIDING SECOND OPINIONS.

    The administrative agency to which the Secretary of Labor has 
delegated the authority to adjudicate claims made under the workers' 
compensation provisions of title 5, United States Code, shall only 
select physicians who have been certified by a board of medical 
specialties to provide second opinions in connection with such claims.
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