Lawmaker Considering Legislation to Implement Auditor's Fraud Recommendations

The Assembly Insurance Committee is considering legislation to implement some of the California state auditor’s recommendations to fight fraud as lawmakers continue their focus on abuses of the workers’ compensation system. Mark Rakich, chief consultant to the Insurance Committee, said he has a list of items from the audit report released in December that were “well-taken” by his boss, Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim. He said it would be “fair to say there will be a new bill” from the committee joining the bill it introduced last year requiring the...