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Comp Bills on Agenda for Appropriations Committee
08/14/2023
departments to the list of first responders covered by the PTSD presumption. The bill would also add emergency services dispatchers to the PTSD presumption statute and postpone a scheduled sunset of the presumption to Jan. 1 2032 from Jan. 1 2025.
The Assembly Appropriations Committee meets at 9 a.m
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Governor Signs Tramway Safety Bill to Correct Statutory Reference to Definition of 'Employee'
08/01/2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill calling for workplace safety standards covering passenger tramways that also includes provisions clearing up a statutory reference to the definition of employee for the purposes of workers compensation.
Newsom on Thursday signed Assembly Bill 1766
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Governor Extends Authorization to Pay Benefits by Debit Card
07/18/2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill allowing carriers to continue using debit cards to pay indemnity benefits for another year.
Newsom on Thursday signed AB 489 by Assemblymember Lisa Calderon D-Whittier. The bill postpones the sunsetting of the law allowing debit cards as a method to
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Sean Cooper Named WCIRB Executive Vice President, Chief Actuary
07/12/2023
served as practice leader and senior actuary for the National Council on Compensation Insurance. Earlier in his career Cooper worked at USAA Insurance Co. Insurance Services Office and AmCOMP Inc.
We are delighted that Sean is our chief actuary noted Bill Mudge WCIRB president and CEO. He
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Appropriations Committee Passes Death Benefit Bill , Holds PTSD Expansion Measure
07/12/2023
The California Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bill that would add state firefighters to the list of public employees who are exempt from certain limits on death benefits.
At the same time the committee on Monday sent to its suspense file a measure that would expand the post
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Man Pleads No Contest to Charges in Premium Fraud Scheme
07/07/2023
crash while driving an Atlas Security vehicle the District Attorneys Office said in a statement. Robert Foster responded to the guards 1 million medical bill by telling the insurance company that the guard was not an Atlas employee. Investigators found records showing that the guard was driving an
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Alternative Payment Study Report on Agenda for July 14 CHSWC Meeting
07/06/2023
lawmakers requested in 2019. Senate Bill 537 included several provisions addressing medical treatment.
Among other things the bill ordered the Division of Workers Compensation and CHSWC to review alternatives to the fee-for-service payment model including capitation bundled payments quality
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Senate Passes Debit Card Payment Bill
07/03/2023
The California Senate unanimously passed a bill that would allow carriers to continue using debit cards to pay indemnity benefits for another year in a vote that allows the measure to be sent to the governor.
The Senate on Thursday voted 39-0 to pass AB 489 by Assemblymember Lisa Calderon D
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Comp Bills Keep Moving With Approval From Committees
06/30/2023
Maienschein D-San Diego.
The bill would create a PTSD presumption for state nurses psychiatric technicians and medical and social service specialists working for the Corrections and Rehabilitation Developmental Services and State Hospitals departments.
These state nurses psychiatric technicians
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Contractor Class Code Certification Placed on Suspense File
06/29/2023
A bill that would require California contractors to provide the classification codes they use when buying workers compensation coverage as a condition of receiving or renewing a license was placed on hold after an analysis said the Contractors State License Board cant absorb the estimated
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