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Assembly Passes PTSD Expansion; Contractor Coverage Bill Heading to Governor
08/24/2022
The California Assembly unanimously approved a bill that would expand the types of first responders eligible for the presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is work-related while the Senate unanimously concurred in amendments to a bill that would require comp coverage for certain
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Bill to Expand PTSD Presumption Back After Spending Year on 'Inactive File'
08/22/2022
A bill that would give more workers a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is job-related is up for a third and final vote in the California Assembly after spending the last year on the lower chambers inactive file.
Sen. Henry Stern
Senate Bill 284 which the Assembly sent
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Bill to Shorten Investigation Period Amended to Remove COVID Provisions
08/17/2022
California Senate President Toni Atkins amended her bill that would reduce the time employers have to accept liability for workers compensation claims to remove provisions involving claims for COVID-19 that conflict with part of another pending measure.
Sen. Toni Atkins
Senate Bill 1127
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Committees Pass Bills to Expand COVID Presumption , Narrow Liability Investigation Window
08/15/2022
to a presumption that COVID-19 is related to work.
In addition to shortened time frames for accepting liability on COVID-19 claims the 2020 bill specified that first responders are presumed to have contracted COVID-19 through employment if they test positive within 14 days of going to work
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IMR Decisions on Pace for 4th Consecutive Decrease
08/05/2022
-19 the policy appears to have served that goal the report says.
Senate Bill 1159 created a presumption that COVID-19 was compensable for police firefighters and health care workers who tested positive for the disease within 14 days of going to work.
The bill created a separate presumption
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CIGA and UR Study Bills Passed; COVID Presumption Gets Minor Amendment
08/03/2022
without prospective utilization review in the first 30 days after an injury.
The 2016 measure that changed the UR rules requested that the study be completed by Jan. 1 2020 but bill supporters say extending the deadline will allow the Division of Workers Compensation to analyze more data.
AB 2154
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COVID-19 Presumption Measure Scheduled for Aug. 8 Hearing
07/29/2022
pointed out some of the COVID-19 presumption provisions in AB 1751 would conflict with proposals in another bill that would shorten the window for employers to investigate and accept liability for claims.
Senate Bill 1127 by Senate President Toni Atkins D-San Diego would reduce to 75 days from 90
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CWCI Study Questions Efficacy of Narrowing Window for Liability Decisions
07/22/2022
claims filed by anyone not covered by Section 3212.87.
While those statutes are slated to sunset Jan. 1 2023 AB 1751 by Assemblyman Tom Daly D-Anaheim would extend them and the other COVID-19 presumption provisions until Jan. 1 2025. The Assembly voted 58-10 to pass the bill May 26 and the
Category: News
Commissioner Holds Pure Premium Rate at $1.45
07/19/2022
reflected in recent loss trends. WCIRB President Bill Mudge described the states comp system as being in a post-reform stage during the public hearing on the rate recommendation.
At the same time he said the economic reshuffling could increase frequency with new workers in new jobs being at higher risk
Category: News
Gig Industry Firms Argue Against Employee Classification Law Before 9th COA
07/14/2022
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The bill codified a 2018 state Supreme Court decision that adopted the so-called ABC test which presumes a worker is an employee unless the employer rebuts the presumption by proving that the worker is free from control is performing work outside the usual course of business for the hiring entity
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