House Bill No. 5605 proposes minor revisions to the Workers' Compensation Act, specifically regarding the fee schedule for medical services provided under the Act. The bill repeals the requirement that the conversion to the Medicare resource-based relative value scale (RBRVS) for determining practitioner fees must be revenue-neutral. Instead, it allows the Workers' Compensation Commission's chairperson to set and annually update a fee schedule based on the RBRVS without the constraint of maintaining revenue neutrality. This change is intended to provide more flexibility in adjusting fees for medical services rendered to workers' compensation claimants.

Additionally, the bill mandates that the chairperson establish standards for approving fees for various medical professionals and publish an annual fee schedule, which will limit the annual growth of total medical fees to the increase in the consumer price index for urban workers. The bill also stipulates that payment of the established fees by employers or their insurance carriers will constitute full payment to the practitioners, preventing them from seeking additional amounts from claimants. The effective date for these changes is set for July 1, 2025.