Committee Hearing Hospital Worker Presumption and TD Extension

The California Senate Appropriations Committee will hear testimony today about costs associated with two controversial bills that would create the presumption that blood-borne diseases are job-related in hospital workers and stretch the duration during which an injured worker can collect temporary disability benefits.The committee will also hear testimony on a bill authorizing State Compensation Insurance Fund to cover out-of-state risks and a measure that would create a fee schedule for vocational experts at its last scheduled meeting before the Aug. 26 deadline for fiscal committees to move ...