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 …
California’s state legislators return to Sacramento in twelve days for the final four-week push to pass bills before the session ends on September 12th. Still alive are measures to expand some existing workers’ comp presumptions and create a new one for farmworkers, update the workings of the med-legal process, and reform the California Subsequent Injuries …
Analysis by two independent actuaries and the state’s own nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) proves that employers’ unpaid liabilities for Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund claims are more than double …