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Lawmakers Seek System Studies, More Presumptions
02/21/2023
California lawmakers want to study the viability of tying medical payments to the value of care provided to injured workers and whether there are differences in benefits paid to men and women.
Lawmakers also introduced bills last week that would mandate the use of California licensed
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Lawmakers Reintroduce Presumption Expansion Proposals Vetoed Last Session
02/13/2023
California lawmakers introduced bills containing provisions that would expand the types of workers workers covered by post-traumatic stress disorder and skin cancer presumptions that are similar to measures Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed last year
Assemblyman Freddie Rodriguez D-Pomona on Thursday
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Mixed Responses to Governor's Action on Presumption Bills
10/28/2022
decision to veto a third measure that would have expanded the pool of workers covered by a mental stress presumption.
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Newsom earlier this month approved two bills one to extend the presumption that COVID-19 is compensable under certain conditions and the second to expand
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Convicted Attorney Ordered to Pay $700,000, Serve Four Years in Prison
10/25/2022
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Prosecutors said representatives from 17 different insurance companies testified at trial that they would not have paid bills from a record retrieval company if they knew the services were related to a referral scheme.
Arguello pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge relating to the scheme in August
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Columnist Says Pressure Building for Comp Reforms
09/27/2022
presumption to state firefighters and security officers as well as dispatchers and emergency response communications employees is awaiting action by the governor who has until the end of September to enact or veto bills passed this year.
The proliferation of such bills is increasing the pressure for a
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Governor Signs Insurance Bills
09/22/2022
Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted a pair of insurance bills including one that requires fraud training for agents and brokers and one that simplifies bonding procedures for the California Insurance Guarantee Association.
The governor on Sunday signed SB 1242 by the Senate Insurance Committee and AB
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Newsom Signs Bills Creating Heat Study Group
09/13/2022
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The study groups final report is due Jan. 1 2026.
AB 1643 was part of a package of bills the governor signed addressing high heat. He also signed AB 2238 that will create a system to rank the severity of heat waves; AB 2420 directing the Department of Public Health to review the effects of heat
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Surgeon Pleads Guilty to Accepting $3.3M in Kickbacks
09/06/2022
currently serving a five-year prison sentence. Drobot conspired with doctors chiropractors and marketers to pay kickbacks and bribes for the referral of injured workers.
Prosecutors said in a statement that the scheme generated more than 500 million in bills for spinal surgeries that involved kickbacks
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Social Worker MPN, State Firefighter Salary Continuation Bills Pass as Session Ends
09/02/2022
California lawmakers concluded their 2022 legislative session by passing bills that would allow social workers to be listed in medical provider networks and give some state firefighters full-pay salary continuation benefits in lieu of temporary disability.
The bills that passed Wednesday the
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Legislature Passes Bills to Cut Time to Decide Liability, Extend PTSD Presumption
09/01/2022
California lawmakers signed off on amendments to bills that cut two weeks from the time employers have to accept liability for certain presumptive injury claims extend a COVID-19 presumption for another year and require brokers and agents to undergo training to identify insurance fraud.
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