Bills Impacting Cheerleaders, MPNs and Formulary Take Effect Jan. 1

Cheerleaders for California-based professional sports teams will get workers' compensation coverage. The Division of Workers' Compensation will get busy putting together a drug formulary. Undocumented immigrants will be eligible for benefits from the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund and Uninsured Employers Fund. Those are three of several new laws impacting the California workers' compensation industry that take effect on Jan. 1. While 2015 did not bring any major reforms to the California system, state lawmakers did plenty of tinkering with the system, and Gov. Jerry...