CHSWC Meets Dec. 11

Members of the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation are meeting Dec. 11 in Los Angeles. Commissioners will hear a long-awaited report on carriers using prepaid benefit cards.  The Legislature in 2018 passed a bill creating what was supposed to be a five-year pilot project and asked CHSWC to complete its assessment by December 2022. Lawmakers extended the length of the pilot in 2022 and again in 2023 to allow more time for CHSWC's evaluation. The bills did not extend the deadline for the study. Meanwhile, CHSWC said in its 2023 annual report that...