Bill Defeated.

412

Bill Reconsidered.

House Bill No. 447, which had been defeated on final passage, was reconsidered and postponed for the present.

Workmen's Compensation Bills.

House Bills 1187, 1194 and 1195, introduced during the present week, amending the Workmen's Compensation Bill of 1915, are not available for publication at this time. They will be contained in next week's issue.

Action by Governor.

Senate Bill 6 (Approved.)
Senate Bill 10 (Approved.)

House Bill 7 (Approved.)

Senate Bill 23 (Approved.)
Senate Bill 155 (Approved.)
Senate Bill 194 (Approved.)

House Bill 61 (Approved.)
House Bill 95 (Approved.)

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO WORKMEN'S COMPENSA

TION ACT.

House Bill No. 1137.

Introduced by Mr. Woodward, March 26, 1917.

AN ACT.

Section 1. Be it enacted, etc., That paragraph (e) of section three hundred six of an act approved the second day of June, one thousand nine hundred fifteen (Pamphlet Laws seven hundred thirty-six), entitled "An act defining the liability of an employer to pay damages for injuries received by an employe in the course of employment establishing an elective schedule of compensation and providing procedure for the determination of liability and compensation thereunder," is hereby amended to read as follows:

(e) After disability begins the employer shall furnish reasonable surgical, medical and hospital services, medicines and supplies as and when needed, unless the employe refuses to allow them to be furnished by the employer. The compensation for such medical, surgical and hospital services and the cost of medicines and supplies shall not in any case exceed the prevailing charge of the community for like medical or surgical services to other individuals or the usual ward charges for hospital services; and in event of a disagreement as to the amount which it is claimed should be paid for such surgical, medical and hospital services, medicines and supplies, the amount or amounts shall be determined by the Workmen's Compensation Board upon the application of either the employer, employe, doctor, surgeon, hospital or retail druggist. If the employer shall upon application made to him refuse to furnish such services, medicines, and sup

plies, the employe may procure the same and shall receive from the employer such reasonable amount as the Workmen's Compensation Board shall determine. If the employe shall refuse reasonable surgical, medical and hospital services, medicines and supplies tendered to him by his employer, he shall forfeit all right to compensation for any injury or any increase in his incapacity shown to have resulted from such refusal.

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