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Committees Pass COVID Presumption, Fraud Investigation Bills
07/01/2022
created a presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for specified first responders who test positive for the disease within 14 days of going to work. The bill also created a presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for others who test positive within 14 days of going to a workplace experiencing an outbreak
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UR Study Bill , CIGA Measure Set for Aug. 1 Hearing
06/29/2022
returns from its summer break Aug. 1.
The committee will hear AB 2848 by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago D-Los Angeles. The bill would extend until July 1 2023 the deadline for an analysis of the effects of a statutory change that allows providers in an employers network to render some treatment
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Committee Passes Bill Reducing Investigation Period for Presumptive Claims
06/23/2022
The California Assembly Insurance Committee passed a bill that would shave 15 days off the time that employers have to accept liability on first responders claims for conditions that are presumed to arise out of employment.
At the same time the committee on Wednesday did not pass a bill
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New Copy Service Fee Schedule Takes Effect July 15
06/22/2022
of a bill not paid or disputed within 30 days will be increased by 25 under the new fee schedule.
DWC is aware of collection issues that copy services have when claims administrators fail to pay andor object to bills the division said in a final statement of reasons. Currently there is no
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Assembly Insurance Committee Hearing Comp Bills Wednesday
06/21/2022
SB 213 by Sen. Dave Cortese D-San Jose which would create a presumption that certain conditions are compensable for hospital workers providing direct patient care.
The bill would create presumptions for conditions including musculoskeletal injuries post-traumatic stress disorder and infectious
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Report: San Diego Cops Claim Religious Exemption to COVID Test
06/17/2022
-10 to pass AB 1751 in May. The bill is awaiting a hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor Public Employment and Retirement.
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Amended Bill Would Bring Agents, Brokers Into Fraud Fight
06/17/2022
Insurance agents and brokers would need training on insurance fraud to get a license in California and would be required to report suspected fraud under a recently amended bill.
Amendments the Senate Insurance Committee made to SB 1242 would also modify requirements for insurance companies to
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Committees Pass Bills Addressing Coverage Rules for Contractors
06/16/2022
A California Assembly committee passed bills that would mandate comp coverage for pest control contractors and expand license classifications required to file a certificate of coverage with the Contractors State License Board.
At the same time a Senate committee passed a bill that would
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WCIRB Testifies That Reform Savings Have Run Their Course
06/16/2022
Officials with the Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California testifying in support of a recommendation to increase the advisory pure premium rate by 7.6 said savings from reforms passed nearly a decade ago have run their course.
Bill Mudge
But while the benefits from
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Amended Bill Would Shorten Determination Period Only for Presumptive Claims
06/15/2022
as those in 3212.81 through 3213.2.
Atkins also reduced the proposed penalty for unreasonably denying claims by first responders for conditions presumed compensable to 50000 from the 100000 in previous versions of the bill.
Finally the amended measure would require the Division of Workers
Category: News
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