California Assembly Bill 1751
Session 20212022
Workers' compensation: COVID-19: critical workers.
Became Law
Became Law on Sep 29, 2022
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1751
State
California
Session
20212022
Tom Daly
grade
Author
Motion Text
AB 1751 Daly Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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Summary
Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee, as defined, for injuries sustained in the course of employment. Existing law creates a disputable presumption that specified injuries sustained in the course of employment of a specified member of law enforcement or a specified first responder arose out of and in the course of the employment. Existing law governs the procedures for filing a claim for workers' compensation, including filing a claim form, and provides that an injury is presumed compensable if liability is not rejected within 90 days after the claim form is filed, as specified. Existing case law provides for how certain presumptions may be rebutted.
Existing law defines "injury" for an employee to include illness or death resulting from the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) under specified circumstances, until January 1, 2023. Existing law creates a disputable presumption, as specified, that the injury arose out of and in the course of the employment and is compensable, for specified dates of injury. Existing law requires an employee to exhaust their paid sick leave benefits and meet specified certification requirements before receiving any temporary disability benefits or, for police officers, firefighters, and other specified employees, a leave of absence. Existing law also make a claim relating to a COVID-19 illness presumptively compensable, as described above, after 30 days or 45 days, rather than 90 days. Existing law, until January 1, 2023, allows for a presumption of injury for all employees whose fellow employees at their place of employment experience specified levels of positive testing, and whose employer has 5 or more employees.
This bill would extend the above-described provisions relating to COVID-19 until January 1, 2024. The bill would also expand the above-described provisions applicable to firefighters and police officers to include active firefighting members of a fire department at the State Department of State Hospitals, the State Department of Developmental Services, the Military Department, and the Department of Veterans Affairs and to officers of a state hospital under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals and the State Department of Developmental Services.
02/01/22 - Introduced
February 1, 2022
08/01/22 - Amended Senate
August 1, 2022
08/25/22 - Amended Senate
August 25, 2022
09/01/22 - Enrolled
September 1, 2022
09/29/22 - Chaptered
September 29, 2022
03/29/22- Assembly Insurance
March 29, 2022
04/25/22- Assembly Appropriations
April 25, 2022
05/20/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
May 20, 2022
06/27/22- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement
June 27, 2022
08/05/22- Senate Appropriations
August 5, 2022
08/13/22- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 13, 2022
08/29/22- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 29, 2022
08/30/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
August 30, 2022
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09/29/2022
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 758, Statutes of 2022.
09/29/2022
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
09/12/2022
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
08/30/2022
Assembly
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0.).
08/30/2022
Assembly
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
08/29/2022
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5219.).
08/25/2022
Senate
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
08/11/2022
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/11/2022
Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11).
08/08/2022
Senate
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
08/01/2022
Senate
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
07/20/2022
Senate
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
06/29/2022
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/22/2022
Senate
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
06/08/2022
Senate
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
05/27/2022
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
05/26/2022
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 10.)
05/19/2022
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/19/2022
Assembly
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 19).
04/27/2022
Assembly
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
03/30/2022
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
02/10/2022
Assembly
Referred to Com. on INS.
02/02/2022
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
02/01/2022
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Feb 2, 2022 12:15:35 PM
Record Updated
Nov 23, 2022 12:24:19 PM