Jerry Hill
- Democratic
Author
Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee, as defined, for injuries sustained in the course of employment. Existing law creates a disputable presumption that specified injuries sustained in the course of employment of a specified member of law enforcement or a specified first responder arose out of and in the course of the employment. Existing law governs the procedures for filing a claim for workers' compensation, including filing a claim form, and provides that an injury is presumed compensable if liability is not rejected within 90 days after the claim form is filed, as specified. Existing case law provides for how certain presumptions may be rebutted. This bill would define "injury" for an employee to include illness or death resulting from the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) under specified circumstances, until January 1, 2023. The bill would create a disputable presumption, as specified, that the injury arose out of and in the course of the employment and is compensable, for specified dates of injury. The bill would limit the applicability of the presumption under certain circumstances. The bill would require an employee to exhaust their paid sick leave benefits and meet specified certification requirements before receiving any temporary disability benefits or, for police officers, firefighters, and other specified employees, a leave of absence. The bill would also make a claim relating to a COVID-19 illness presumptively compensable, as described above, after 30 days or 45 days, rather than 90 days. Until January 1, 2023, the bill would allow for a presumption of injury for all employees whose fellow employees at their place of employment experience specified levels of positive testing, and whose employer has 5 or more employees. This bill would require the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation to conduct a study of the impacts of COVID-19 and the specific presumptions created by this bill and report its findings to the Legislature and the Governor, as specified. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 85, Statutes of 2020.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 5408.)
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 4. Page 5461.) Ordered to the Senate.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Urgency clause adopted.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
Joint Rule 61(b)(17) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 5275.)
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (August 20).
August 18 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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 10. Noes 1.) (August 11).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS.
July 29 hearing postponed by committee.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 3874.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3769.) (June 18).
Set for hearing June 18.
June 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing June 9.
Hearing rescheduled due to Capitol closure.
Set for hearing June 1.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (May 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing May 14 in L., P.E. & R. pending receipt.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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 22.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB1159 | HTML |
| 02/20/20 - Introduced | |
| 04/01/20 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/22/20 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/18/20 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/03/20 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/12/20 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/25/20 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/30/20 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/04/20 - Enrolled | |
| 09/17/20 - Chaptered |
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