Bill to Extend TD for Medical Dispute Resolution Heads to Governor

California lawmakers voted to send Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that would create a three-year period during which temporary disability paid while an injured worker successfully challenges a utilization review denial would not count toward the aggregate cap on benefits. Lawmakers on Tuesday also gave their final approval to a bill that would expand and extend a post-traumatic stress disorder presumption and another measure from a package of bills addressing first responder presumptions. The Assembly voted 63-13 to concur in amendments that Assemblymember Liz Ortega, D-Hayward, made to AB 1213 wh...