05/31/2022
California lawmakers passed most workers compensation bills that are before them this year ahead of Fridays deadline to move bills out of the chamber in which they were introduced.
Lawmakers passed bills that would extend COVID-19 presumptions; reduce time for employers to determine liability
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05/26/2022
Bills that would revise time frames for California employers to accept liability for claims and extend the deadline for a study into the effects of utilization review changes that took effect in 2018 were passed out of their houses of origin this week.
Sen. Toni Atkins
The Senate on
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05/23/2022
Fiscal committees in both chambers of the California Legislature combined to pass a half-dozen bills ahead of Fridays deadline including one that could be amended as a more expansive reform measure.
Friday was the deadline for the appropriations committees in both the Assembly and Senate to
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05/16/2022
The California Assembly unanimously passed bills that would address investment and assessment procedures for the states insolvent insurer backstop and allow carriers to continue paying workers compensation indemnity benefits using debit cards.
The Assembly on Thursday voted 65-0 to pass AB
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05/09/2022
The California Assembly Appropriations Committee will discuss potential fiscal implications for extending the deadline for a study on exempting some
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04/20/2022
Committee next.
Lawmakers on Monday also revised a couple of workers compensation bills with additional amendments.
Daly D-Anaheim has been working on the insurance fraud meeting bill since it was introduced in January. In February he amended the statement of legislative findings in AB 1681 to
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03/31/2022
for businesses to notify employees and health officials about positive cases.
In other action the committees also passed bills that would extend the deadline for a study of utilization review changes that went into effect in 2018 projected to be amended later to propose additional system reforms
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03/28/2022
Two policy committees in the California Assembly on Wednesday will hear testimony on bills that would extend authorization to pay benefits by debit card extend the COVID-19 presumption and close a loophole some employers are allegedly using to reduce their comp costs by classifying workers as
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02/18/2022
February through August of 2015.
In May 2016 State Fund sent a follow-up bill for 100500.51 owed on both the 2014 and 2015 policies.
Perez neither disputed the bills with State Fund or the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau nor appealed them to the California Department of Insurance
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02/16/2022
Services provided by a licensed clinical social worker would be covered by Californias workers compensation system under legislation introduce
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