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Chief Patron: Favola
Increase Reimbursement Rate for PERK Exams (language only)

Item 497 #1s

Item 497 #1s

Independent Agencies
Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission

Language

Page 605, after line 19, insert:

"C. The Workers' Compensation Commission, in administering the Sexual Assault Forensic Exam (SAFE) Program, shall access appropriate federal or state resources to increase the reimbursement rate to Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners who administer acute Physical Evidence Recovery Kit (PERK) exams to 60 percent of the actual cost of the exam."



Explanation

(This amendment adds language directing the Workers' Compensation Commission, which administers the Virginia Victim Fund/SAFE Program, to access appropriate federal or state resources to increase the reimbursement rate for acute/PERK exams that are performed by a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner to 60 percent of the actual cost of the exam. This would increase the reimbursement rate from its existing average of 34 percent of actual cost, to approximately $2,000 per test, to more closely offset the costs associated with providing the exam.)