CWCI Posts Summary of Legislation Enacted in 2017

The California Workers’ Compensation Institute published a bulletin summarizing legislation Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law this year. Bills the governor signed this year that CWCI highlighted in its bulletin include: AB 40, by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles, which will allow medical providers to use third-party software to access information from the state’s prescription drug-monitoring database, the Controlled Substances Utilization Review and Evaluation System, or CURES. AB 44, by Assemblywoman Eloise Reyes, D-San Bernardino, which requires employers t...