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Committee Passes Debit Card Payment, COVID-19 Exposure Notice Bills
06/10/2022
currently set to expire at the start of 2023. The Assembly voted 65-0 to pass the bill May 12.
AB 2693 by Assemblywoman Eloise Reyes D-San Bernardino would extend until Jan. 1 2025 the requirement for employers to notify workers about COVID-19 outbreaks and potential exposure in the workplace. The
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Most Comp Bills Pass Ahead of Deadline
05/31/2022
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The bill would allow the commissioner to convene meetings with carriers and self-insured employers to discuss potential fraud. The bill would separately allow a district attorney to convene a meeting with carrier or self-insurer representatives so long as a representative from the Department of
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Senate Passes Liability Deadline Bill ; Assembly OKs UR Study Deadline Extension
05/26/2022
responder claims for presumptive injuries that would be five times the benefits delayed and capped at 100000.
AB 2848 would extend until July 1 2023 the deadline for a study into the effects of a 2016 bill that allowed members of an employers medical provider network to render some treatment without
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Amendments Would Require Social Worker Services, Limit IBR Fees
05/25/2022
California employers would be required to make available the services of a licensed clinical social worker when it is reasonably required to cure or relieve a worker from the effects of an injury under a recently amended bill.
At the same time another bill was amended to propose limiting fees
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CAAA: Senate Leadership Killed Gender Pay Bill
05/24/2022
Senate leadership killed a proposal that would have augmented workers compensation benefits in an effort to remediate gender-based earning disparities by not allowing a vote on the measure according to the California Applicants Attorneys Association.
Sen. Monique Limon
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Potential Reform Bill Among Those Passed Before Fiscal Deadline
05/23/2022
provide some treatment without prospective utilization review within 30 days of an injury.
The bill by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago D-Los Angeles would set a July 1 2023 deadline for the Division of Workers Compensation report on utilization review changes made in SB 1160 to fast-track some
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Assembly Passes Debit Card Payment, CIGA Bills
05/16/2022
insolvent comp carriers.
The bill would also require a member insurer that did not write premium during the prior year to impose a surcharge on its new policies and remit collections to CIGA.
AB 2148 by Assemblywoman Lisa Calderon D-Whittier would extend until Jan. 1 2024 a statute that would
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Senate Passes Bill Mandating Comp Coverage for Pest Control Contractors
05/11/2022
Pest control contractors will have to provide proof of continuing workers compensation coverage to maintain their registration under a bill the California Senate passed unanimously.
The Senate on Monday voted 33-0 to pass SB 1064 by Sen. Josh Newman D-Fullerton.
The measure would require
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COPD Dropped From Hospital Worker Presumption Bill
05/09/2022
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease would not be one of the conditions presumed compensable for California hospital workers under a recently amended bill.
SB 213 by Sen. Dave Cortese D-San Jose would create a presumption that certain conditions arose out of employment for hospital workers
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Appropriations Committee Hearing Labor Contractor Coverage, Medical Treatment Study Bills
05/09/2022
May hearing Wednesday.
AB 2848 by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago D-Los Angeles would require the Division of Workers Compensation to provide lawmakers with its assessment of the utilization review changes in SB 1160 by July 1 2023.
The 2016 bill exempted most treatment provided by a member of
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