Amended Bill Would Require Biennial Updates to MLFS

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation would be required to update the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule at least every two years, under amendments to a bill carried over from the 2019 legislative session. Assembly Bill 1815 was introduced last year by the Assembly Insurance Committee as a vehicle for “technical, non-controversial changes to the Labor Code that may be requested by the Department of Industrial Relations.” The measure was amended Thursday to propose changes to Labor Code Section 5307.6 that would require the DWC to revise the med-legal fee schedule biennia...