Dave Cortese
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 15
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 employment. Existing law creates a rebuttable 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 employment. Existing law, until January 1, 2023, creates a rebuttable presumption of injury for various employees, including an employee who works at a health facility, as defined, to include an illness or death resulting from COVID-19, if specified circumstances apply. This bill would define "injury," for a hospital employee who provides direct patient care in an acute care hospital, to include infectious diseases, cancer, musculoskeletal injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder, and respiratory diseases. The bill would include the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) , among other conditions, in the definitions of infectious and respiratory diseases. The bill would create rebuttable presumptions that these injuries that develop or manifest in a hospital employee who provides direct patient care in an acute care hospital arose out of and in the course of the employment. The bill would extend these presumptions for specified time periods after the hospital employee's termination of employment.
June 22 set for first hearing. Held in committee without recommendation.
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 21. Noes 9. Page 2843.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From inactive file.
Motion to reconsider made by Senator Cortese.
Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 20. Noes 10.)
Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1420.)
Ordered to inactive file.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1183.) (May 20).
Set for hearing May 20.
April 19 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 19.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 574.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing March 22.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
March 8 hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing March 8.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 12.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB213 | HTML |
| 01/12/21 - Introduced | |
| 03/04/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 01/20/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 01/25/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/05/22 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/19/21- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 04/16/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 06/03/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 01/26/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/21/22- Assembly Insurance |
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