Senator Hints at Extending Deadline for WCAB Decisions

A California lawmaker floated the idea of giving the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board more time to decide cases to cut down on the number of decisions that aren’t issued within the 60 days currently allowed. In Wednesday’s confirmation hearing for two commissioners, the Senate Rules Committee unanimously recommended the full Senate confirm the appointments of Joseph Capurro and Jose Razo. During the hearing, Capurro said he doesn’t like to use the term “backlog” to describe cases in which the WCAB has not issued a final decision within 60 days, but he a...