The Division of Workers’ Compensation received numerous comments in response to its third 15-day public comment period regarding a proposal to update the regulations for California’s utilization review system. The agency was forced to circulate an updated proposal after the Office of Administrative Law rejected the regulations the Division filed earlier. OAL said DWC failed …
Gov. Gavin Newsom closed out the legislative session with a couple of key vetoes. One of the bills would have created the only workers’ compensation presumption that applies to private sector workplaces, but otherwise gave his approval to a host of workers’ comp measures. Included among the new laws were bills to crack down on …
Gov. Gavin Newsom is working through the stacks of bills legislators passed this session and vetoed a bill aiming to reform the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund (SIBTF) while signing measures to improve the med-legal process and extend a heart presumption to more peace officers. The SIBTF bill promised to cut costs in the runaway …
Commentary by J Dale Debber, publisher Recently, Workers’ Comp Executive, as part of its coverage of regulatory and legislative issues, provided subscribers with several original news stories concerning the liabilities—the …
The Governor has until October 12th to take action on the bills passed this session, including over a dozen that impact the California workers’ compensation system. High-profile bills that passed in the closing days of the session include proposed changes to create a new private sector presumption – a heat illness presumption for farmworkers, amend …
The Assembly and Senate Appropriations committees pushed hundreds of bills out of their respective suspense files on the lead-up to the Labor Day weekend. Included among the bills advancing to the floor of each house for final action were amended workers’ comp measures to: Create a private sector presumption for farmworkers, Implement reforms to the …
The California Legislature still has a couple of days to wrap up work on bills before a Friday deadline to pass measures this year, but it has already sent several workers’ comp-related bills to the Governor for signature. The measures pending gubernatorial action include bills addressing uninsured employers, expanding 4850 leave, and continuing State Fund’s …
Gavin Newsom’s Department of Finance (DOF) came out in opposition to a proposed bill to create a heat-related injury presumption for California farmworkers. The measure, which is awaiting action in the Senate Appropriations Suspense File, is a rehash of a bill that he vetoed last year. The bill is notable as it would create a …