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Committee Passes Contractor Comp Bill
04/13/2023
A policy committee of the California Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would require contractors to disclose the classification codes endorsed on their workers compensation policies.
Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes
The Assembly Business and Professions Committee voted 18-0 on
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Amendments Add Duty of Care Term to UR Bill , Sunset Date for Treatment Dispute Measure
04/12/2023
California lawmakers recently amended bills to add a duty of care requirement to a measure addressing utilization review requirements and a sunset clause in another bill would exclude time spent successfully disputing a medical treatment denial from the aggregate cap on temporary disability
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Hearing Set for Bill to Exclude TD Duration for Overturned Treatment Denial
04/10/2023
California lawmakers are scheduled later this month to hear testimony on a measure that would exclude from the cap on benefit duration the amount of time spent waiting for a treatment denial to be overturned.
Assemblymember Liz Ortega
Assembly Bill 1213 was added to the agenda for the
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Nurses Association Starts Push for Latest Presumption Bill
04/05/2023
The California Nurses Association is starting the push for the latest bill in a long-running effort to establish a presumption of compensability for certain injuries suffered by nurses and other health care workers.
Assemblymember Mia Bonta D-Oakland introduced AB 1156 which would presume
Category: News
Gig Workers, Employers Assert Potentially Viable Equal Protection Challenge to AB 5
03/31/2023
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the plaintiffs challenging the enforcement of California Assembly Bill 5 plausibly alleged that the legislation violated principles of equal protection and that they should have been allowed to proceed with their claim.
In 2018 the
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Comp Bills Set for April 12 Hearings
03/31/2023
and psychiatric technicians.
The Assembly Insurance Committee is scheduled to hear testimony on AB 1145 during a hearing that starts at 9 a.m. April 12.
The bill by Assemblymember Brian Maienschein D-San Diego would add a new Labor Code Section 3212.16 creating a PTSD presumption for state
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Court Rejects Argument That Prop. 22 Usurps Authority to Create Comp Laws
03/15/2023
Castellanos v. State of California said the unconstitutional provisions can be severed from the rest of the initiative leaving other provisions from Prop. 22 in place.
Proposition 22 was the ride-hailing industrys response after lawmakers refused its requests to exempt its drivers from Assembly Bill 5
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Former PEO Manager Escapes Restitution Order, Gets Remand for Resentencing
03/08/2023
remanded for resentencing in consideration of the changes made by Senate Bill 567 and Assembly Bill 124.
AB 124 requires a court to find aggravating circumstances before imposing a sentence harsher than the minimum allowed under the law if specified traumas are a contributing factor to the offense
Category: News
Comp Bills on Agenda for March 22 Hearing
03/07/2023
carriers to use debit cards to pay indemnity benefits.
Lawmakers in 2018 created what was originally characterized as a pilot project to test the feasibility of using debit cards to pay comp benefits. The 2018 bill required workers to be able to withdraw the entire balance on the card without incurring
Category: News
Lawmakers Seek System Studies, More Presumptions
02/21/2023
would be presumed to arise out of employment for hospital workers.
Sen. Melissa Hurtado D-Bakersfield on Thursday introduced Senate Bill 697 requesting that the Division of Workers Compensation conduct a value of care review.
The bill would require the DWC to study the viability of linking
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