Tuesday, May 13, 2008
 
Worker's Comp

While small businesses are concerned about the need to raise benefits for disabled employees, it must be balanced with fraud control and affordable premiums for small business employers CSBA seeks innovative solutions such as 24 Hour Care, Small Business purchasing pools, etc. The unrealistic increases in premiums for commercial and professional liability insurance and bonding have placed a major hardship on small business.


Chair

Jim Contreras
Phone: 562-906-9330
Email: jim@abiscoproducts.com


Legislative Bills

 

Bill

CSBA POSITION

House of Origin

Second House

Governor

COMM.
FLOOR
COMM.
FLOOR

AB 1874 – Coto

State Compensation Insurance Funfd

Oppose

         

AB 2081 – Coto

Director or officer workers' compensation

Pending

         

AB 2181 – Ruskin

Return-To-Work program

Support

         

AB 2351 – Garrick

Medical treatment utilization reviews

Pending

         

AB 2688 – De La Torre

Reinsurance for private health insurance plans

Support

         

AB 2969 – Lieber

Medical treatment utilization reviews

Support

         

SB 1145 – Machado

State Compensation Insurance Fund

Support

         

SB 1338 – Migden

Pending

         
KEY: = PASSED

= UNDER CONSIDERATION

= DIED / FAILED PASSAGE


Updated: April 15, 2008

 

BILL SUMMARIES

AB 1874 – Coto: State Compensation Insurance Fund: Makes changes to the board of directors which administers the State Compensation Insurance Fund.

AB 2081 – Coto: Workers' compensation: Prohibits an officer or director holding less than 10% of the shares of the corporation from excluding himself or herself from workers' compensation coverage required to be provided to other employees of the corporation. It also provides that if an officer or director holds more than 10% of the shares of the corporation, the employer shall have the burden of proof of demonstrating that an exclusion of that officer or director from workers' compensation coverage is appropriate.
AB 2181 – Ruskin: Workers' compensation: Return-To-Work Program: Extends the Return-To-Work Program until January 1, 2015.
AB 2351 – Garrick: Workers' compensation: medical treatment utilization reviews: This bill would require that, in cases where the review is retrospective, the decision to modify, delay, or deny services be communicated to the individual who received services, or to the individual's designee, within 30 working days of receipt of information that is reasonably necessary to make this determination.
AB 2688 – De La Torre: This bill would allow the fund to transact reinsurance policies to private health plans for catastrophic coverage.
AB 2969 – Lieber: Workers' compensation: medical treatment utilization reviews: Requires that any licensed physician who is conducting an evaluation regarding a workers' comp claim be licensed in California.

SB 1145 – Machado: Makes changes to the board of directors which administers the State Compensation Insurance Fund.

SB 1338 – Migden: Workers' compensation: medical treatment: pre-designation of physician: Would allow employees receiving treatment regarding a workers' comp case to keep seeing their own personal physician.

 

 

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