Committee Passes Amended RTW, Fraud Reporting Bills

The Senate Appropriations Committee passed amended bills addressing the process of applying for payments from the $120 million Return to Work Supplemental Program and how state agencies share data about workers’ compensation fraud. The committee on Friday voted 7-0 to pass AB 2046, and 5-2 to pass AB 553, both of which were introduced by Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim. AB 2046 would eliminate a statute requiring the Fraud Assessment Commission to hold any money not distributed to district attorneys or the Department of Insurance to investigate and prosecute fraud in order to ...