Vocational Expert Fee Schedule Bill Passes Committee

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefExperts hired to rebut disability ratings in accordance with the Ogilvie decision are increasing costs, because there is no limit to the hours they can bill or the amount they can charge, supporters of a bill that would require the Division of Workers' Compensation to adopt a vocational-rehabilitation fee schedule said during a committee hearing on Wednesday.AB 1168 by Assemblyman Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, would add a new section to the California Labor Code, 5307.7, requiring the Division of Workers' Compensation to adopt by Jan. 1, 2013, a fee sche...