Claims Pros See Easy Money in Revamped SJDB Program

By Jim Sams, Senior EditorClaims administrators are skeptical about whether the expanded vocational rehabilitation benefits offered through the latest California reform bill will prompt a surge of retraining among disabled workers, but they are pretty confident that at least $1,500 of each $6,000 voucher will be spent.Senate Bill 863 requires employers and carriers to reimburse or advance injured workers who are issued Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit (SJDB) vouchers at least $500 for "miscellaneous" expenses "without need for itemized documentation or accounting." The bill also entitles ...