Ted Lieu
- Democratic
Author
Existing law establishes the 7-member Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, and provides that the members of the appeals board are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Existing law requires that 5 of the 7 members of the board be experienced attorneys admitted to practice in the State of California, and provides that the other 2 members need not be attorneys. This bill would require that all 7 members of the board be experienced attorneys admitted to practice in the State of California. 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 requires that medical, surgical, chiropractic, acupuncture, and hospital treatment that is reasonably required to relieve the injured worker from the effects of his or her injury be provided by the employer. Existing law prohibits a chiropractor from being a treating physician after the employee has received a certain number of chiropractic visits. This bill would correct an erroneous cross-reference with respect to these provisions. Existing law requires that a lien claimant is entitled to an order or award for reimbursement of a lien filing fee or lien activation fee, together with interest at the rate allowed on civil judgments, if certain conditions are satisfied. This bill would specify that these fees are to be paid by the employer. Existing law requires an order or award for payment of a lien for medical or hospital treatment, as specified, to be made for payment only to the person who was entitled to payment for the expenses for medical or hospital treatment at the time the expenses were incurred, and not to an assignee unless the person has ceased doing business in the capacity held at the time the expenses were incurred and has assigned all right, title, and interest in the remaining accounts receivable to the assignee. This bill would authorize an assignment of that payment if the assignment was completed prior to January 1, 2013, or if it was required by a contract that became enforceable and irrevocable prior to January 1, 2013. The bill would state that this provision is declarative of existing law. Existing law authorizes an injured worker to institute proceedings for the collection of compensation, including vocational rehabilitation services, within 5 years after the date of the injury upon the ground that the original injury has caused new and further disability or that providing vocational rehabilitation services has become feasible because the employee's medical condition has improved or because of other factors not capable of determination at the time the employer's liability for vocational rehabilitation services otherwise terminated. This bill would delete the provisions relating to vocational rehabilitation, but retain the authority of an injured worker to institute proceedings for the collection of compensation within 5 years after the date of the injury upon the ground that the original injury has caused new and further disability.
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
Vetoed by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 2164.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 2841.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. (Page 2795.)
Ordered to third reading.
From inactive file.
Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Atkins.
Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Atkins.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (August 7).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 941.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 882.) (May 8).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R.
Set for hearing May 8.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB258 | HTML |
| 02/13/13 - Introduced | |
| 03/19/13 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/02/13 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/30/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/09/13 - Enrolled |
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