(Chau D) Workers' compensation: records. Requires employers FAILED, 2-YEAR Amber Oppose (Medium) to maintain, and share upon request, a list of California employees BILL covered by their workers’ compensation insurance policy. (Beall D) Workers' compensation. Repeals many provisions of the workers’ compensation reform. Specifically, eliminates impairment ratings for psychiatric add-ons in some cases, limits utilization review and independent medical review (IMR) by requiring the reviewing physician hold the same license as the FAILED, 2-YEAR Amber Oppose (High) physician requesting treatment, repeals the provision that prohibits BILL a chiropractor from being a primary treating physician once the maximum number of chiropractic treatments have been received, and makes IMR decisions appealable to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, which puts decisions about medical necessity back into the hands of judges. (DeSaulnier D) Controlled substances. Establishes the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System GOVERNOR’S (CURES) Fund within the State Treasury to receive funds to be Amber Support (Low) DESK allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Department of Justice for the purposes of funding the CURES program.
(Chau D) Workers' compensation: records. Requires employers to maintain, and share upon request, a list of California employees covered by their workers’ compensation insurance policy. FAILED, 2-YEAR BILL Amber Oppose (Medium) (Beall D) Workers' compensation. Repeals many provisions of the workers’ compensation reform. Specifically, eliminates impairment ratings for psychiatric add-ons in some cases, limits utilization review and independent medical review (IMR) by requiring the reviewing physician hold the same license as the physician requesting treatment, repeals the provision that prohibits a chiropractor from being a primary treating physician once the maximum number of chiropractic treatments have been received, and makes IMR decisions appealable to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, which puts decisions about medical necessity back into the hands of judges. FAILED, 2-YEAR BILL Amber Oppose (High) (DeSaulnier D) Controlled substances. Establishes the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) Fund within the State Treasury to receive funds to be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Department of Justice for the purposes of funding the CURES program. GOVERNOR’S DESK Amber Support (Low)
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