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Bill Would Double Benefit Duration for First Responders' Presumptive Cancer Claims
02/18/2022
injuries presumed compensable for first responders are unreasonably rejected and it would shorten the time employers have to reject liability for a claim before the injury is presumed compensable.
Senate Bill 1127 by Atkins D-San Diego would roll back the clock on TD benefit duration for first
Category: News
Incorporation of Company Doesn't Allow Owner to Dodge Unpaid Premium
02/18/2022
A California appellate court ruled that a business owner could not avoid liability for his unpaid workers compensation premiums just because the carrier addressed the bill to his subsequently formed solely owned corporate entity.
Case Northern California Collection Service Inc. v. Perez No
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Bill Would Eliminate 2023 Sunset to Pay Benefits by Debit Card
02/17/2022
the use of prepaid benefit cards.
Former Gov. Jerry Brown in 2018 enacted SB 880 allowing employers with the written consent of an injured worker to deposit indemnity payments on a prepaid card account. The bill required employers to provide aggregate data on their prepaid account programs to
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Bills Propose Social Worker Coverage, Change in CURES Administration
02/16/2022
-monitoring database from the Department of Justice to an agency selected by the governor.
Senate Bill 1002 introduced Monday by Sen. Anthony Portantino D-La Canada Flintridge would add licensed clinical social workers to the list of covered services in Labor Code Section 3209.5.
The bill would
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Bill Would Permanently Exempt Manicurists From ABC Test
02/09/2022
. 1 2025. AB 1818 by Assemblywoman Janet Nguyen R-Huntington Beach would repeal the statutory sunset language.
Gov. Gavin Newsom in September 2019 enacted Assembly Bill 5 to codify the three-pronged test the state Supreme Court outlined in Dynamex to decide whether someone is a worker or an
Category: News
Accreditation Process Gives Providers Tools to Address UR Problems
02/09/2022
required standards and such deficiencies can be uncovered through random inspections or investigations based on complaints filed through the URAC website.
Senate Bill 1160 required all UR entities modifying or denying treatment requests to obtain accreditation from an independent nonprofit
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WCIRB's Governing Committee to Discuss Including COVID Claims in X-Mods
02/04/2022
more is understood about the transmission of COVID-19 workplace safety protocols are better established in consideration of the widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccinations California Senate Bill 1159 has been in effect since September 2020 specifying when a worker has a rebuttable presumption of
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Bill Would Extend COVID Presumption by Two Years
02/03/2022
Californias presumption that COVID-19 is compensable under certain circumstances would be extended by two years under a bill introduced by the chairman of the Assembly Insurance Committee.
Assemblyman Tom Daly
Assemblyman Tom Daly D-Anaheim on Tuesday introduced AB 1751 which would
Category: News
Senate Passes Hospital Worker Presumption
02/02/2022
The California Senate passed a bill that would create a presumption that certain conditions and injuries are compensable for hospital workers.
At the same time the latest effort to create a single-payer health care system died without a vote in the Assembly.
The Senate on Monday voted 21-9
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Assembly Passes Network ID Bill
01/31/2022
The California Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would require employers to provide their medical provider network name and identification number to injured workers in certain circumstances.
The Assembly voted 69-0 Thursday to pass AB 399 by Assemblyman Rudy Salas D-Bakersfield
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