Focus on COVID Could Leave Little Room for Comp During Shortened Session

With members of the California Senate returned to Sacramento Monday and joining their counterparts in the Assembly who reconvened last week, observers predict most workers' compensation bills will get passed over as legislators rush to soften the blow of the coronavirus pandemic and approve a new budget by June 15. Bills that would create a presumption that workers' compensation should cover COVID-19 are likely to proceed. But a spokesperson for a lawmaker who introduced a bill that would address medical provider network access issues said the measure is on hold as lawmakers ...