Flash Report: Committee Hears Poochigian and Alarcon Bills But No Votes

By: Workers' Comp Executive - The journal of record for the workers' comp community in California.

SACRAMENTO -- During an informational hearing, Sen. Charles Poochigian, R-Fresno, sponsor of the governors proposal SB 3X went through the key items in his workers comp reform bill and answered some tough questions on the issue of objective versus subjective medical findings from Sen. Richard Alarcon, D-Van Nuys. As he had stated at hearings last week and yesterday, Sen. Alarcon has concerns that the Poochigian bill relies too heavily on objective medical findings to the detriment of an injured worker w

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