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Governor Approves Contractor Comp Coverage Requirement
10/05/2022
Some contractors will be required to carry comp coverage next year even if they dont have any employees under a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Sen. Bill Dodd
The mandate will expand to most licensed contractors in 2026 in accordance with SB 216 by Sen. Bill Dodd D-Napa
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WCIRB Posts Memo on AB 5 and Motor Carriers
10/04/2022
the employer can rebut the presumption by satisfying all three prongs of the so-called ABC test. The bill included carve-outs for some special interests such as newspaper publishers who said they couldnt afford the cost of providing basic workplace protections for delivery drivers and threatened to
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Newsom Shortens Window for Claim Decisions, Extends COVID Presumption
10/03/2022
California employers will have less time to accept liability on certain presumptive injury claims and face penalties of up to 50000 for unreasonably denying them under a bill enacted by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Gov. Gavin Newsom
The governor also extended the presumption that COVID-19 is
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Newsom Signs Bill Adding Social Workers to MPNs
09/29/2022
California comp carriers and self-insured employers can add licensed clinical social workers to their medical provider networks under a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Sen. Anthony Portantino
Newsom on Tuesday enacted SB 1002 by Sen. Anthony Portantino D-Burbank.
It is the
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Columnist Says Pressure Building for Comp Reforms
09/27/2022
flip the burden of proof and require employers to prove a claimed condition did not arise out of employment.
For example Walters said SB 542 from 2019 created the presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable for first responders. SB 284 a bill that would expand the PTSD
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Governor Signs Insurance Bills
09/22/2022
2154 by Assemblyman Ken Cooley D-Rancho Cordova.
AB 2154 aims to simplify the bonding authority for CIGA the states backstop against insolvent insurers.
The bill would provide a statutory mechanism for CIGA to impose a surcharge on new licensees and current licensees that begin writing a new
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Governor Signs UR Study Extension Bill
09/15/2022
The California Division of Workers Compensation will have more time to gather information to analyze the effects of fast-tracking certain medical treatments by allowing them to be provided without prospective utilization review under a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Newsom on Tuesday signed
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Newsom Signs Bills Creating Heat Study Group
09/13/2022
California Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted a bill creating an advisory committee to study the effects of extreme heat on workers businesses and the state economy.
Newsom on Friday signed AB 1643 by Assemblyman Robert Rivas D-Salinas.
AB 1643 creates a study group to analyze the effects of high
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Governor Approves CalFire Salary Continuation Bill
09/08/2022
signed Assembly Bill 151 by the Assembly Committee on Budget which includes mutually agreed upon statutory changes to Labor Code Section 4811 to give firefighters employed by the state agency commonly referred to as CalFire Bargaining Unit 8 employees up to one year of salary continuation benefits
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Social Worker MPN, State Firefighter Salary Continuation Bills Pass as Session Ends
09/02/2022
presumption of compensability for post-traumatic stress disorder.
The Senate on Wednesday voted 40-0 to concur in amendments Sen. Anthony Portantino D-La Canada Flintridge made to SB 1002 while the measure was in the Assembly.
The bill would allow employers to add licensed clinical social workers to
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