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Committee Passes Bill to Extend TD for Successful Medical Disputes

05/12/2023
A California legislative committee passed a bill that would exempt from the aggregate cap on temporary disability benefits the amount of time spent successfully challenging a treatment denial after finding the fiscal impact of the bill would be limited by the small number of claims to which it

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MPN, TD Duration Bills Set for Wednesday Appropriations Committee Hearing

05/08/2023
. Under AB 1213 by Assemblymember Liz Ortega D-Hayward the time an injured worker spends waiting for independent medical review to overturn a utilization review determination would not be applied toward the 104-week cap on TD benefits. The Assembly Insurance Committee voted 11-1 to pass the bill

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UR Bill Sent to Senate Floor

05/03/2023
A bill that would require that utilization review physicians are licensed in California and have the same duty of care as a treating provider in some instances was fast-tracked to the Senate floor. Senate Bill 636 by Sen. Dave Cortese D-Campbell would impose the new requirements on

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Assembly Passes San Diego Fire and Rescue Presumption, Debit Card Bills

05/01/2023
79-0 Thursday to pass AB 699 by Assemblymember Akilah Weber D-San Diego. The bill would establish that full-time members of the boating safety unit in the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department are entitled to a presumption of compensability for conditions including hernia pneumonia heart trouble

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Committee Passes MPN, TD Duration Bill

04/27/2023
bill would affect only a handful of cases. In 2021 there were 264196 requests for IMR that resulted in 19023 overturned UR decisions meaning 92.8 of the time the utilization review decision was affirmed. Ortega said only 53 UR reversals were issued after injured workers amassed 104 weeks of TD

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Gender Equity Analysis Bill Lands on Suspense File

04/26/2023
Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee put a hold on a bill that would require the Division of Workers Compensation to conduct an analysis of gender-based differences in benefits provided to injured workers. The committee on Monday voted 4-0 to send SB 631 to its suspense file. The

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Senate Labor Committee Passes UR Duty of Care, Value-Based Payment Study Bills

04/24/2023
payments with the value of care provided to injured workers. The committee also passed a bill that would expand a skin cancer presumption to cover state game wardens and park rangers. The Senate Committee on Labor Public Employment and Retirement on Thursday voted 4-0 to pass SB 697 by Sen. Melissa

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Fiscal Committee Passes Skin Cancer Presumption, Debit Card Bills

04/21/2023
699. Assembly Bill 699 by Assemblymember Akilah Weber D-San Diego would make full-time members of the San Diego Fire-Rescue Departments Boating Safety Unit eligible for certain presumptions. Conditions that would be presumed compensable under the bill include hernias pneumonia heart trouble

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Senate Committee Approves PTSD Expansion, System Study

04/17/2023
be presumed that PTSD arose out of employment. SB 623 would additionally extend to Jan. 1 2032 from Jan. 1 2025 the sunset provision from the 2019 bill that established the PTSD presumption for certain first responders. The committee on Wednesday also voted 4-0 to pass SB 631 by Sen. Dave

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Committee Approves PTSD Presumption for State Nurses, Psychiatric Techs

04/14/2023
The Assembly Insurance Committee unanimously passed a bill that would establish a rebuttable presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is a compensable workplace injury for nursing staff providing care to California prison inmates and state hospital patients. The committee on Wednesday

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