Tony Mendoza
- 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 requires the employer to provide medical, surgical, chiropractic, acupuncture, and hospital treatment, as specified, that is reasonably required to cure or relieve the injured worker from the effects of his or her injury. Existing law requires a provider of those services to submit, among other documents, its request for payment with an itemization of services provided and the charge for each service. Existing law also requires the employer to reimburse the employee for his or her medical-legal expenses, as specified. This bill would require, effective for services on or after January 1, 2017, that requests for payment with an itemization of services provided and the charge for each service be submitted to the employer within 12 months of the date of service or within 12 months of the date of discharge for inpatient facility services. The bill would also require, effective for services provided on or after January 1, 2017, that all bills for medical-legal evaluation or medical-legal expense be submitted to the employer within 12 months of the date of service in the manner prescribed by the administrative director. The bill would provide that requests for payment and bills for medical-legal charges are barred unless timely submitted. The bill would require the administrative director to adopt rules to implement the 12-month limitation period, as specified.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 214, Statutes of 2016.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4881.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5720.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 29).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3806.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Set for hearing May 2.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3520.) (April 13).
Set for hearing April 13.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB1175 | HTML |
| 02/18/16 - Introduced | |
| 04/19/16 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/14/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/12/16 - Enrolled | |
| 08/26/16 - Chaptered |
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