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Pataki Vetoes Comp Treatment Measure

A New York workers' compensation measure, that would have increased the threshold for prior authorization of certain medical and diagnostic services, was vetoed last night by Republican Gov. George Pa

By Daniel Hays | Updated on August 17, 2006

A New York workers’ compensation measure, that would have increased the threshold for prior authorization of certain medical and diagnostic services, was vetoed last night by Republican Gov. George Pataki.

An insurers trade group praised the governor’s rejection of A. 8713 sponsored by Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell Jr., D-Manhattan, which would have raised the ceiling on treatment without prior approval from $500 to $1,200.

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