DWC Panelists Tout Positive Aspects of SB 863's Reforms

LOS ANGELES − Senate Bill 863 is now state law and regulators told workers' compensation professionals Thursday that they intend to adopt the rules needed to implement the bill − and wouldn't mind hearing something positive for a change.More than 900 workers' compensation professionals convened on Thursday for the California Division of Workers' Compensation's 20th Annual Education Conference to hear about what has changed for the comp system since SB 863 took effect on Jan. 1. Department of Industrial Relations Chief Counsel Katherine Zalewski said that SB...