Apportionment Discrimination Bill Heading to Governor

California Gov. Jerry Brown will have another opportunity to explicitly prohibit doctors from apportioning a part of an injured worker’s permanent disability to a predisposition arising from a protected characteristic such as race or gender. The Senate on Tuesday voted 37-0 to concur in amendments Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, made to SB 899 while the bill was in the Assembly, and send the bill to the governor. Pan in June amended the bill to eliminate any references to abrogating the 3rd District Court of Appeal’s decision in City of Jackson v. Workers’ Compensation ...