AB 584 - requires UR physicians to be licensed in California in order to provide Utilization Review Services and prohibit the use of physicians licensed only in other states (Enrolled version)

AB 947 - eliminates the 104 week cap on TTD for a limited number of cases involving surgery occurring after the 104 of payments had expired (Enrolled version)

AB 1155 - prohibits consideration of race, religion, gender, age and other personal characteristics in apportionment to non-work related causes under Labor Code 4663 (Enrolled version)

AB 1168 - adopts fee schedule for Vocational Experts in to cover reports and expert testimony (Enrolled version)

AB 1426 - eliminates the Court Administration position (Enrolled version)

SB 127 - requires DWC to update CPT codes in the Official Medical Fee Schedule on an annual basis (Enrolled version)

SB 684 - requires insurers to disclose, when giving a written quote, any dispute resolution or arbitration agreement requiring the policy holder to resolve disputes outside of California, among other things (Enrolled version)

SB 826 - authorizes DWC to assess fines up to $5,000 a year against claims administrators that fail to comply with Workers' Compensation Information System reporting requirements (Enrolled version)

DIED:

AB 375 - would have created presumption of compensability for hospital workers who contract blood-borne diseases

AB 465 - would have required landscaping or gardening business to show proof of workers' compensation coverage

AB 899 - would have required workers' compensation coverage, among other things, for home care service providers, including babysitters, nannies, and caregivers

SB 407 - would have limited specified workers' compensation benefits for jail inmates

SB 432 - would have required hotels to use fitted sheets on beds and provide hotel housekeepers with other tools to do their work

SB 863 - would have required all liens to be in writing and would have created a three-year filing deadline

SB 896 - would have set maximum reimbursement rate for certain spinal surgeries, among other things

SB 923 - would have required DWC to make transition to a resource-based relative value system (RBRVS) fee schedule

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