04/24/2024
The California Senate Appropriations Committee put a temporary hold on two bills that would authorize temporary disability benefits for attending medical appointments and for successfully challenging the denial of a request for authorization.
The committee on Monday unanimously sent SB 1205 and
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04/16/2024
A Southern California chiropractor accused of illegally running a law firm to funnel injured workers into his network of medical clinics to churn bills was ordered to serve more than 54 years in state prison and fined 23 million the Riverside County District Attorneys Office announced
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04/12/2024
Members of a California Senate committee passed bills that would in some instances make temporary disability benefits available after an injury becomes permanent and stationary and create a presumption that heat-related injuries are compensable for agricultural workers under certain circumstances
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04/10/2024
Members of the California Senate Labor Public Employment and Retirement Committee are scheduled to hear testimony today on bills that would create a presumption that heat-related injuries are compensable for farmworkers and would authorize temporary disability benefits when people miss work for
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04/05/2024
The California Assembly Insurance Committee unanimously passed bills that would allow electronic signatures in Workers Compensation Appeals Board proceedings and require workplace posters to include a notice of the right to consult an attorney to discuss workers compensation rights.
The
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03/21/2024
The California Assembly Insurance Committee is scheduled to hear testimony April 3 on a bill that would allow injured workers to sign settlements ele
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03/18/2024
that Gonzalez made a claim for payment of workers' compensation benefits Zenith was the insurer for AC Enterprises and Zenith paid Gonzalezs medical bills the court said.
The jury was also provided with a detailed accounting of the expenses Zenith had paid and heard testimony that the total was
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01/03/2024
The California Workers Compensation Institute named Gideon Baum the former consultant to the state Senate committee that handled work comp bills as its new chief operating officer.
Gideon Baum
Baum most recently worked as vice president of policy at the California Hospital Association
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10/17/2023
The California Workers Compensation Institute on Monday published a bulletin identifying bills of interest to the states workers compensation community that were enacted this year.
CWCI highlighted bills including AB 336 which will require contractors to certify work comp class codes when
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10/11/2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted bills that will expand and extend the existing post-traumatic stress disorder presumption and require contractors to include the classification codes they used to secure work comp coverage when applying for a license.
Gov. Gavin Newsom
At the same
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