Hearing Set for Bill to Exclude TD Duration for Overturned Treatment Denial

California lawmakers are scheduled later this month to hear testimony on a measure that would exclude from the cap on benefit duration the amount of time spent waiting for a treatment denial to be overturned. Assembly Bill 1213 was added to the agenda for the Assembly Insurance Committee hearing on April 26. The bill, by Assemblymember Liz Ortega, D-Hayward, would state that in cases where the denial of a request from a treating physician is subsequently overturned by independent medical review or the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, any TD paid or owing from the date of the de...