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Rand Researchers Say Evidence Supports Rationale for PTSD Presumption

10/04/2021
claim data from years before the PTSD presumption created by Senate Bill 542 took effect in 2020 Rand found both peace officers and firefighters filed more claims for the condition and that those claims were more frequently denied when compared to other workers. Rand researcher Denise D. Quigley

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Cal/OSHA's Reach Expands for Enterprise-Wide Violations

09/30/2021
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed into law a bill that creates two new categories of workplace safety violations under the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health enterprise-wide and egregious. Senate Bill 606 which passed both the state Senate and Assembly

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Senate Passes Omnibus Bill ; PTSD Presumption Goes to Inactive File

09/01/2021
the Assembly sent to its inactive file a bill that would expand a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable for some firefighters. The Senate voted 39-0 to pass AB 1511 a multifaceted bill by the Assembly Insurance Committee that among other things would amend Insurance Code

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Firefighter Benefit, PTSD Expansion Passes; MLFS Bill on Hold

08/30/2021
California legislative committees last week passed bills that would give more firefighters access to salary continuation benefits and a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable. At the same time lawmakers held a measure that would require payments for medical-legal

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Assembly Committee Sends to Suspense File Bill That Would Expand PTSD Presumption

08/20/2021
The California Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday moved to its suspense file a bill that would expand the presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is a compensable injury for certain first responders giving lawmakers more time to assess the fiscal implications before the session

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Hearing Scheduled for Bill to Expand PTSD Presumption

08/13/2021
The California Assembly Appropriations Committee is holding a hearing Aug. 19 on a bill that would expand the presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is a compensable injury for specified first responders. Sen. Henry Stern Senate Bill 284 by Sen. Henry Stern D-Canoga Park

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Committee Moves Skin Cancer Presumption Bill to Senate Floor

07/19/2021
The California Senate can vote on a bill that would create a presumption that skin cancer is compensable for park rangers and game wardens after the upper chambers Appropriation Committee determined state costs of the bill are not significant. The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday

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Assembly Committee Fails to Pass SB 335

07/14/2021
A California Assembly committee on Tuesday failed to pass a contentious bill that originally would have shortened the amount of time employers have to accept liability for an injury before a claim is considered compensable. Sen. Dave Cortese The Assembly Insurance Committee voted 7-0 to

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Hearings Scheduled on Skin Cancer Presumption , Claim Acceptance Deadlines

07/07/2021
the policy implications of expediting liability decisions under Senate Bill 335. On July 15 the Senate Appropriations Committee will review the potential cost of expanding the skin cancer presumption as proposed by AB 334. SB 335 by Sen. Dave Cortese D-San Jose would give employers 45 days to

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Senator Adds Prospective Coverage Language to PTSD Bill

06/30/2021
California state Sen. Henry Stern amended Senate Bill 284 to add language that would make the proposed expansion of the presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable apply only prospectively. Sen. Henry Stern Senate Bill 284 would build on the 2019 law that presumed PTSD

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