Senate Committee of Reference Report

Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology

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April 24, 2025

After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends the following:

HB25-1300   be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation:

Page 1, Line 1Amend reengrossed bill, page 9, line 21, strike "address." and substitute

Page 1, Line 2"address; except that an injured employee may, upon good cause

Page 1, Line 3shown, designate an authorized treating physician who is not

Page 1, Line 4within one hundred miles of the employee's work or home

Page 1, Line 5address. Good cause is presumed to exist if there are three or

Page 1, Line 6fewer level I or level II accredited physicians within one

Page 1, Line 7hundred miles of the employee's work or home address who are

Page 1, Line 8willing to treat the injured employee.".

Page 1, Line 9Page 13, line 5, strike "employee's".