Apportionment, Debit Card Bills Heading to Governor

California lawmakers approved amendments to bills allowing employers to pay indemnity benefits though debit cards, and identifying conditions that must be considered when rating impairment resulting from occupational breast cancer claims, sending the measures to the governor. The Senate on Monday unanimously approved amendments to Senate Bill 880 that would allow employers to pay all indemnity benefits using a prepaid debit card. Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, introduced SB 880 as a pilot project that would have allowed State Compensation Insurance Fund to use debit cards to ...