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Workers' Compensation

AB 1576 (Ortega, D-Hayward)

Not Passed Oppose Through Coalition

AB 1576 (Ortega, D-Hayward) Details

Held in the Senate Appropriations Committee when the suspense file was taken up on Aug. 13.

AB 1576 would have revised California’s workers’ compensation system for subsequent injuries by updating eligibility, filing deadlines, and benefit calculations under the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund, which provides additional compensation to workers with combined disabilities. It would have also required administrative changes, including the creation of a medical evaluator database, and restructured how these...

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