{"id":388,"date":"2022-03-20T10:07:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T10:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/statutes-california-laws\/?page_id=388"},"modified":"2022-05-20T23:45:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T23:45:44","slug":"sb-788","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/california-statutes\/sb-788\/","title":{"rendered":"SB 788"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-e878f05c31dff72941bf1e49a00d9ff5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Currrent as of February 4, 2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l0z47fgy-aaa5a4a083717890dd62f91a81ec1e52\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l0z47fgy-aaa5a4a083717890dd62f91a81ec1e52 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:19px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l0z47fgy-aaa5a4a083717890dd62f91a81ec1e52 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>Senate Bill No. 788<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Introduced by Senator Bradford<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><br \/>\nFebruary\u00a019,\u00a02021<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">An act to amend Section 4663 of the Labor Code, relating to workers\u2019 compensation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL&#8217;S DIGEST<\/p>\n<p>SB 788, Bradford. Workers\u2019 compensation: risk factors.<\/p>\n<p>Existing law establishes a workers\u2019 compensation system, administered by the administrative director of the Division of Workers\u2019 Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of employment. Existing law requires a physician who prepares a report addressing the issue of permanent disability due to an industrial injury to address the cause of the permanent disability in the report, including what approximate percentage of the permanent disability was caused by other factors before and after the industrial injury, if the physician is able to make an apportionment determination.<\/p>\n<p>This bill would prohibit consideration of race, religious creed, color, national origin, gender, marital status, sex, sexual identity, or sexual orientation to determine the approximate percentage of the permanent disability caused by other factors. The bill would also express the Legislature\u2019s intent to eliminate bias and discrimination in the workers\u2019 compensation system.<\/p>\n<p>Vote:\u00a0majority\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Appropriation:\u00a0no\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Fiscal Committee:\u00a0no\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Local Program:\u00a0no<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:<\/p>\n<p><strong>SECTION 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is the intent of the Legislature to eliminate bias and discrimination in the workers\u2019 compensation system. This act will ensure that risk factors and characteristics of race, religious creed, color, national origin, gender, marital status, sex, sexual identity, or sexual orientation are not used to deny an injured worker a full disability benefit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEC. 2.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Section 4663 of the Labor Code is amended to read:<\/p>\n<p><strong>4663.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(a)\u00a0Apportionment of permanent disability shall be based on causation.<\/p>\n<p>(b)\u00a0A physician who prepares a report addressing the issue of permanent disability due to a claimed industrial injury shall address in that report the issue of causation of the permanent disability.<\/p>\n<p>(c)\u00a0(1)\u00a0In order for a physician\u2019s report to be considered complete on the issue of permanent disability, the report must include an apportionment determination. A physician shall make an apportionment determination by finding what approximate percentage of the permanent disability was caused by the direct result of injury arising out of and occurring in the course of employment and what approximate percentage of the permanent disability was caused by other factors both before and after the industrial injury, including prior industrial injuries. The approximate percentage of the permanent disability caused by other factors shall not include consideration of race, religious creed, color, national origin, gender, marital status, sex, sexual identity, or sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p>(2)\u00a0If the physician is unable to include an apportionment determination in the report, the physician shall state the specific reasons why the physician could not make a determination of the effect of that prior condition on the permanent disability arising from the injury. The physician shall then consult with other physicians or refer the employee to another physician from whom the employee is authorized to seek treatment or evaluation in accordance with this division in order to make the final determination.<\/p>\n<p>(d)\u00a0An employee who claims an industrial injury shall, upon request, disclose all previous permanent disabilities or physical impairments.<\/p>\n<p>(e)\u00a0Subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) do not apply to injuries or illnesses covered under Sections 3212, 3212.1, 3212.2, 3212.3, 3212.4, 3212.5, 3212.6, 3212.7, 3212.8, 3212.85, 3212.9, 3212.10, 3212.11, 3212.12, 3213, and 3213.2.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>SB 788<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":2019,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-388","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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