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Alarcon Funding Bill Moves Forward; New Plan Introduced
02/26/2004
Yesterday the Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee moved forward with Senator Richard Alarcon's SBX4 9 the bill that would fix the budget mistake signed into law by former Governor Davis and restore funding to the Division of Workers' Compensation hopefully in time to avoid financial
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WCIRB Unwilling to Give Alarcon Estimate of SBX 4 Savings
02/20/2004
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The following is a reproduction of the letter referred to by Alarcon as posted on his website
February 11 2004
Mr. Glenn Shor
Consultant
Senate Labor & Industrial Relations Committee
State Capitol Room 4035
Sacramento CA
Re Evaluation of Senate Bill No. 3 SBX4 3
Dear Mr
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Schwarzenegger Vetoes 2 'Narrowly Drawn' Comp Bills
01/23/2004
legislature that he is seeking a broad reform of the entire work comp system the Governor also vetoed AB 968 by Assemblyman Lou Correa D-Santa Ana.
AB 968 would have created a presumption that any adverse reaction injury disability or death incurred by an employee as a result of vaccination or
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CA DWC Reminder: ACOEM Guideline Orientations, LA & SF
01/14/2004
edition."
Recently enacted Senate Bill 228 added Section 4604.5 c to the California Labor Code requiring that three months after their publication date ACOEM's updated guidelines "shall be presumptively correct on the issue of extent and scope of medical treatment." March 22 therefore will be
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Coalition Takes on Schwarzenneger Bill Side by Side
12/05/2003
The Independent Business Coalition which has filed a voter referendum seeking workers' compensation reform for the November 2004 ballot says that the pending Schwarzenegger bill carried in the Assembly as ABX4 1 by Assemblyman Abel Maldonado R-Santa Maria and in the Senate as SBX4 3 by Charles
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Schwarzenegger/Maldonaldo Bill Detailed
11/20/2003
As promised by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger against the advise of Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and others Assemblyman Abel Maldonado R-Santa Maria introduced the Governor's huge sweeping bill into the special legislative session. The proposed changes castigate nearly every special
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ACIC Comments on Pending CA Legislation
09/29/2003
will reconvene on Jan. 4.
Privacy
Senate Bill 1 which takes effect July 1 2004 establishes new financial privacy standards for insurers and other financial institutions. ACIC opposed the bill as it places restrictions on the exchange of information with affiliated companies and makes it
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CA Reform Bills Criticized, Passage in Question
09/12/2003
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According to the California Coalition on Workers' Compensation the WCIRB has only been able to estimate a total of 2 billion in one time savings for the repeal of the treating physician presumption and 3.3 billion in on going savings due to the repeal of the vocational rehabilitation benefit institution
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New CA Reform Laws Summarized
09/11/2003
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IMC
The Industrial Medical Council would be eliminated and the responsibilities transferred to the Administrative Director.
Illegal Referrals
The bill
would add outpatient surgery to the list of
medical goods or services for which it is unlawful for a physician to
refer a person.
Fraud
The
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Garamendi Proposals High on CA Committee List
09/03/2003
chiropractic care per Senator Jackie Speier's bill as well as restrictions on other physical medicine care such as physical therapy. An outpatient surgical facility fee schedule is likely to emerge as well as a complete retraction of the Primary Treating Physician Presumption.
Apparently the Committee is
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