00                            SENATE BILL NO. 107                                                                         
01 "An Act adjusting certain fees for treatment or services under the Alaska Workers'                                      
02 Compensation Act to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index; and providing for an                                   
03 effective date."                                                                                                        
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 23.30.097(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
06            (a)  All fees and other charges for medical treatment or service are subject to                              
07       regulation by the board consistent with this section. A fee or other charge for medical                           
08       treatment or service may not exceed the lowest of                                                                 
09                 (1)  the usual, customary, and reasonable fees for the treatment or                                     
10       service in the community in which it is rendered, for treatment or service                                        
11                      (A)  provided before August 1, 2007, not to exceed the fees in                                     
12            the board's fee schedule [SPECIFIED BY THE BOARD IN ITS                                                  
13            PUBLISHED BULLETIN] dated December 1, 2004;                                                                  
14                      (B)  provided on or after August 1, 2007, but before March 31,                                     

01            2009, not to exceed the fees otherwise applicable in (A) of this paragraph                                   
02            adjusted by the percentage change from 2004 to 2006 in the medical care                                      
03            component of the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers compiled by                                    
04            the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics;                                           
05                      (C)  provided on or after March 31, 2009, but before                                           
06            December 31, 2010, not to exceed the fees otherwise applicable in (A) of                                 
07            this paragraph adjusted by the percentage change from 2004 to 2008 in                                    
08            the medical care component of the Consumer Price Index for all urban                                     
09            consumers compiled by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of                                   
10            Labor Statistics;                                                                                        
11                 (2)  the fee or charge for the treatment or service when provided to the                                
12       general public; or                                                                                                
13                 (3)  the fee or charge for the treatment or service negotiated by the                                   
14       provider and the employer under (c) of this section.                                                              
15    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).