Jose Solorio
- Democratic
Author
Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of his or her employment. Existing law establishes, in the Department of Industrial Relations, the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation. Existing law requires that specified notices be provided to injured employees and prescribes the contents of notices that are required to be posted, given to, or mailed to an employee. Existing law provides for specified procedures to be used in notifying employees regarding benefits and required actions in pursuing a workers' compensation claim. This bill would require the administrative director, in consultation with the commission, to prescribe reasonable rules and regulations for serving certain notices on an employee. This bill would require the administrative director, in consultation with the commission, to develop, make fully accessible on the department's Internet Web site, and make available at district offices informational material written in plain language that describes the overall workers' compensation claims process. This bill would require each notice to be written in plain language and to reference the informational material to enable employees to understand the context of the notices. This bill would modify provisions required to be in, and procedures for, specified notices, and would delete a requirement for notice by certified mail, and would make conforming changes.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 544, Statutes of 2011.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3071.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2352.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Ordered to second reading.
From inactive file.
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Lieu.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 11).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 1718.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27).
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB335 | HTML |
| 02/10/11 - Introduced | |
| 05/27/11 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/31/11 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/20/11 - Enrolled | |
| 10/07/11 - Chaptered |
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