Bill Would Extend TD Duration When Treatment Denial Is Overturned

A California lawmaker introduced legislation that would allow injured workers to exceed the 104-week cap on temporary disability benefit duration in cases where a utilization review decision denying medical treatment is overturned. AB 1295, by Assemblyman Kansen Chu, D-San Jose, would say that if a UR denial is overturned and treatment is approved, any temporary disability benefits paid between the date of the denial and the date treatment is authorized won’t count against the 104-week cap. “The bill would require that if a denial of treatment requested by a treating phy...