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Take action today to urge your Senators to cosponsor S. 131, the Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. Currently, your state is one of the majority of states that authorizes NPs to diagnose and treat a workplace injury under the state workers’ compensation program. However, federal employees face additional barriers in accessing care when injured at work because the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) requires that only a physician can make the diagnosis, certify the injury and extent of the disability, and oversee a patient’s treatment and care for any federal workplace injury. This barrier places an additional burden on the nearly 2 million federal employees, depriving them from receiving health care from their provider of choice as well as hindering timely access to care and continuity of care.
Urge your Senators to cosponsor S. 131, which would authorize NPs to certify disabilities and oversee treatment for injured federal employees under FECA, consistent with state law.
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