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COVID Presumptions Amended, Conclusive Proposal Off Table
08/27/2020
A proposal to create a conclusive presumption that COVID-19 is compensable was taken off the table leaving California lawmakers three rebuttable presumption bills to debate in the final days of the 2020 session.
Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez D-San Diego on Tuesday amended AB 196 to eliminate
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Legislature Has One Week to Decide Fate of Competing COVID Presumption Bills
08/24/2020
on Thursday.
Analyses for both measures say the fiscal impact is unknown but the bills would raise workers comp premiums and increase costs at the Division of Workers Compensation by several million dollars per year.
Both Assembly bills have strong support among labor. The California Labor
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Newsom's Order Creating COVID Presumption Was Unconstitutional, Defense Firm Alleges
08/21/2020
Constitution explicitly gives the Legislature the plenary power to create a workers' compensation system.
Lawmakers are considering three presumption bills including one that would codify the governor's order and undercut the separation of powers arguments.
"Now that the Legislature is doing it the
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Trio of Presumption Bills Placed in Suspense Get Appropriations Hearings Today
08/20/2020
Three bills that would create COVID-19 presumptions were held in suspense earlier this week and will be heard during committee meetings today.
Assembly Bill 196 Assembly Bill 664 and Senate Bill 1159 would to varying degrees establish presumptions that workers who contracted COVID-19 did so
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Appropriations Committee Hearing Presumption Bills Monday
08/14/2020
The state Senate Appropriations Committee will review potential cost implications for a pair of bills that would create statutory presumptions that COVID-19 is a compensable condition in California during a hearing that starts at 9 a.m. on Monday.
Committee members will review Assembly Bill
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Worker Charged With Fraud for Claiming Benefits After Losing Fight With Ex-Marine
08/12/2020
to a local hospital where he filed a workers compensation claim. The Insurance Department said without elaborating that he provided false statements regarding the nature of the injury.
Advantage Workers Compensation Insurance Co. later refused to pay all medical bills on the claim after
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Committees Give Thumbs-Up to Three Presumption Bills
08/12/2020
One day after the Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau said the cost of COVID-19 claims alone could necessitate a 4 increase in the 2021 advisory pure premium rate California lawmakers passed three different bills that would create presumptions that the disease is compensable.
The
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Amended Bill Would Provide CIGA Coverage for Out-of-State Injuries
07/31/2020
bills is Aug. 15. As of Thursday the committee had not scheduled a hearing on either of the bills.
Because AB 3012 was amended after the Assembly voted 72-0 to pass the measure in June it would have to return to the lower chamber for concurrence in Thursdays changes before it could be sent to the
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Fiscal Committee Schedules Hearing on Presumption Bill
06/12/2020
workers.
Sen. Jerry Hill
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday voted 7-0 to place SB 1159 by Sen. Jerry Hill D-San Mateo on its suspense file. Generally bills with projected costs of 50000 or more to the general fund or 150000 or more to a special fund are sent to the suspense
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Acceptance of Liability for Injury to Upper Extremities Includes Thoracic Condition Affecting Arms
06/09/2020
software company called Autodesk. Perani has been unemployed since being laid off by Autodesk.
In 2009 Perani submitted medical bills for the treatment of his TOS to an adjuster for Islands carrier. The carrier denied payment and liability for the TOS.
Dr. Robert Ansell was appointed as a qualified
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