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CalMatters: Roughly 1 in 5 COVID Claims Denied
06/05/2020
Senate Committee on Labor Public Employment and Retirement has not scheduled a hearing on two other bills proposing conclusive presumptions.
The Senate committee which is chaired by Hill voted 3-1 to pass SB 1159 on May 14. The Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to hear testimony on
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DWC: Recommendations From 2019 Audit on QMEs Delayed
05/28/2020
fee schedule at least every two years based on inflation.
Assembly Bill 1832 by Assemblyman Rudy Salas D-Bakersfield would likely have sufficed but the bill died in committee in January. Other remaining non-COVID bills are also not likely to survive during the Legislatures truncated session
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CWCI Study Suggests System Working Properly for Early COVID Claims
05/22/2020
the workers compensation system.
Two bills before lawmakers AB 664 by Assemblyman Jim Cooper D-Elk Grove and AB 196 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez D-San Diego would create conclusive presumptions that COVID-19 is a compensable condition. Neither bill has been scheduled for a hearing
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Three of Four Presumption Bills Make CalChamber's 'Job Killer' List
05/21/2020
Three of the four bills that would create a presumption that COVID-19 is compensable as an occupational condition made the California Chamber of Commerces annual job killer list.
The association says the presumption measures along with the other bills on its list threaten the states
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Focus on COVID Could Leave Little Room for Comp During Shortened Session
05/12/2020
With members of the California Senate returned to Sacramento Monday and joining their counterparts in the Assembly who reconvened last week observers predict most workers' compensation bills will get passed over as legislators rush to soften the blow of the coronavirus pandemic and approve a new
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Employers, Carriers Could Bear Cost of Newsom's COVID-19 Order, but Questions Remain
05/08/2020
flexibility than it would have if the presumption were enacted through statute Duff said.
There are currently two bills before state lawmakers that would create conclusive presumptions for specified workers who contract COVID-19 and two bills that would create rebuttable presumptions.
Duff said the
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Newsom's Order Creating COVID Presumption Met With Applause, Some Skepticism
05/07/2020
businesses are reopening across California. Employers do not have the ability to safeguard employees or enforce social distancing outside of work.
The executive order comes as four bills proposing different levels of presumptive COVID-19 coverage are pending before state lawmakers.
Assembly Bill 664
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As Comp Inches Further Into Digital Realm, E-Billing Becomes Reliable Process
05/05/2020
Modern workers' compensation systems that began to take shape in the early 20th century in the United States required doctors to mail bills and wait months for payment. In 2020 things are very much the same said Sarah Moray cofounder of billing firm DaisyBill.
Sarah Moray
But there
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Dozens of Groups Urge Newsom, Legislators Not to Pass Conclusive COVID Presumption
05/04/2020
Day prompting some rumors that he would announce a COVID-related executive order. The day came and went without such an order however and legislators will consider several presumption bills beginning Monday.
Assembly Bill 664 co-authored by Jim Cooper D-Elk Grove and Assemblywoman Lorena
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WCIRB Reviews Fourth Quarter 2019 Experience Report, But Uncertainty Over COVID Looms
05/01/2020
more quickly over the past few years thanks in large part to reforms brought on by Senate bills 863 and 1160 according to the report. The slight year-over-year rise in 2019 was driven by more recent accident years and it suggests claim settlement rates may be plateauing according to the report
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