Lawmakers Pass QME Template Bill

The California Assembly unanimously concurred in amendments to a bill that would direct the Division of Workers' Compensation to create some medical-legal templates. The Assembly voted Friday to pass an amended AB 1293, by Assemblymember Greg Wallis, R-Bermuda Dunes. Wallis amended the measure while it was in the Senate to require templates created by the DWC to include all statutory requirements for a medical-legal report and to say parties aren't required to use the division's templates to communicate with a panel-qualified medical evaluator. The Senate voted 40-0 to pass the ...