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Comp Bills Could Create 'Nightmare' Scenario for Employers, Advocates Say
04/13/2021
he said.
Panelists on the Risico webinar also criticized two bills that would expand presumptions for firefighting staff and peace officers who are not covered under previous legislation.
Assembly Bill 415 by Assemblyman Robert Rivas D-Hollister would enact a rebuttable presumption that
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Employer Reps Say SB 213 Too Costly, but Nurses Say Proposed Presumption Necessary
04/01/2021
More than 80 California health care facilities and employer advocacy groups say a bill that would extend to hospital employees a presumption meant for first responders would be too costly but nursing reps say the expanded coverage is needed because they face many of the same illness- and injury
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Senate Committee OKs Bill That Will Ban Discrimination in Apportionment
03/23/2021
Retirement Committee on Monday also was scheduled to hear testimony on Senate Bill 213 by Sen. Dave Cortese D-San Jose but the committee had not started discussion of the bill as of WorkCompCentrals deadline.
SB 213 would enact a presumption that infectious diseases cancer musculoskeletal injuries
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Senate Committees to Discuss Comp Bills on Contractor Coverage, COVID-19, Apportionment
03/22/2021
extend a presumption of compensability for post-traumatic stress disorder claims to workers for the Department of State Hospitals the Department of Developmental Services and the California Military Department.
The bill also would apply the presumption to the states emergency dispatchers.
The
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Amended Bill Would Give Peace Officer Presumptions to San Diego Lifeguards
03/15/2021
Full-time lifeguards working for the City of San Diego would enjoy the presumptions that conditions including hernias heart trouble cancer post-traumatic stress disorder and other ailments arose out of employment under recent amendments to a bill in the California Assembly.
Assemblyman
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Bill Would Reduce Time to Accept Claim, Increase Medical Liability to $17,000
03/12/2021
335 which proposed no substantive changes to the comp system when it was introduced in February.
The bill would amend Labor Code Section 5402 which creates a presumption that a claim is compensable if it hasnt been rejected within 90 days. That presumption can be rebutted only by evidence
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Hearing Scheduled on Apportionment, Hospital Presumption Bills
03/11/2021
workers.
Committee members will also review a bill that would among other things create a presumption that an employer is retaliating against a worker when it takes adverse action against an employee within 90 days of reporting a possible safety violation.
The committee will hear SB 788 by Sen
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Committees Pass Bills Requiring Comp for Contractors, Expanding PTSD Presumption
03/09/2021
California Senate committees on Monday passed a bill that would require certain contractors to purchase comp coverage and another to extend a post-traumatic stress disorder presumption to state hospital and developmental service workers.
The Senate Business Professions and Economic
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Amended Bill Would Make COVID-19 Presumption Permanent for Hospital Workers
03/08/2021
California hospital workers would continue to be covered by a presumption that COVID-19 is compensable after a presumption that lawmakers created last year sunsets in 2023 under recent amendments to a bill in the state Senate.
Sen. Dave Cortese D-San Jose on Thursday amended Senate Bill 213
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Committees Set Hearings on Contractor Coverage Requirement, PTSD Expansion
03/04/2021
licensure obtain and carry comp insurance even if they have no workers.
Also on Monday the Senate Labor Public Employment and Retirement Committee will hear testimony on SB 284 by Sen. Henry Stern D-Canoga Park.
The bill would create a presumption that PTSD is compensable for those employed by the
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