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AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF SENATE BILL 863

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ABSTRACT
California’s (CA) legislature has passed a series of Workers Compensation (WC) reforms during the past 15 years; the most recent, Senate Bill (SB) 863 passed on August 21, 2012. SB 863 was introduced and presented to the California public as a reform bill that would ensure better coverage and easier medical access for workers injured on the job. SB 899 passed during the early 2000s was shown to be better for California’s workers, than SB863. ...

An Exploratory Analysis of Senate Bill 863

Chapter IV: Results
Overview
Several workers compensation reform bills have been passed in California in the last fifteen years. The aim of this research was to review, evaluate, and simplify the complexities of the California workers compensation reform bills SB 899 and SB 863. Data was gathered from a variety of sources and organized in order to develop a better understanding of the differences and similarities between the processes instituted. Relevant data was collected for the specific purpose of reviewing the systems in order to design a new system from the ground up; one that would avoiding the pitfalls of ...

An Exploratory Analysis of Senate Bill 863

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ABSTRACT
TOC
TABLES FOR FIGURES AND TABLES
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AB Assembly Bill
CA California
CCHSWC California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation
DIR Department of Industrial Relations
DIV Division of Workers’ Compensation

DWC Division of Workers’ Compensation

ER Emergency Room
FEHA Fair Employment and Housing Act
MMI Maximum Medical Improvement

MPN Medical Provider Networks

PD Permanent Disabilities
PPD Permanent Partial Disability
SB Senate Bill
SB 899 Senate Bill 899 on workers’ compensation passed by the California legislature in 2004
SB 683 Senate Bill 683 for ...