Bill Text: CA AB1028 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Workers’ compensation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-09-01 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1028 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB1028-Amended.html
SEC. 3. Section 3212.1 of the Labor Code is amended to read: 3212.1.
Section 3212.5 of the Labor Code is repealed.
Section 3212.5 is added to the Labor Code, to read: during a period while a person described in this subdivision is in the service of the agency, department, or office as described in this subdivision, and the compensation that is awarded for heart trouble or pneumonia as described in this section shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits as provided by the provisions of this division for the following persons when those persons are employed on a regular, full-time salary:
Section 3212.6 of the Labor Code is repealed.
Section 3212.6 is added to the Labor Code, to read: during a period while a person described in this paragraph is in the service of the agency, department, or office as described in this paragraph and the compensation that is awarded for the tuberculosis shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits as provided by the provisions of this division for the following persons:
Section 3212.85 of the Labor Code is repealed.
Section 3212.85 is added to the Labor Code, to read: during a period in which while a person described in this subdivision is in the service of the agency, department, or unit as described in this subdivision:
Section 3212.9 of the Labor Code is repealed.
Section 3212.9 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
Section 3213.2 of the Labor Code is amended to read: security or police department of a school district, as described in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 38000) of Part 23 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Education Code, who has been employed for at least five years as a peace officer on a regular, full-time salary and has been required to wear a duty belt as a condition of
employment, the term “injury,” as used in this division, includes lower back impairments. The compensation that is awarded for lower back impairments shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits as provided by the provisions of this division.
Bill Title: Workers’ compensation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-09-01 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1028 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB1028-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 1028 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Bocanegra |
February 16, 2017 |
An act to amend Sections 3212.1 and Section 3213.2 of, and to repeal and add Sections 3212, 3212.5, 3212.6, 3212.85, and 3212.9 of, the Labor Code, relating to workers’ compensation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1028, as amended, Bocanegra.
Workers’ compensation.
Existing law establishes a workers’ compensation system to compensate an employee for injuries arising out of, and in the course of, his or her employment. Existing law designates illnesses and conditions that constitute a compensable injury for various employees, such as members of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, firefighters, and certain peace officers. These injuries include, but are not limited to, hernia, pneumonia, heart trouble, cancer, meningitis, lower back impairments, under certain conditions, and exposure to a biochemical substance when the illness or condition develops or manifests itself during a period when the officer or employee is in service of his or her employer, as specified.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a
school district to establish a security department or a police department to ensure the safety of school district personnel and pupils and the security of the real and personal property of the school district. Existing law provides that persons employed and compensated as members of a police department of a school district, when appointed and duly sworn, are peace officers. Existing law designates persons who meet specified criteria as peace officers.
This bill would expand the coverage of the workers’ compensation provisions relating to specified compensable injury injuries to include peace officers employed by the security or
police department of a school district. The bill would also make technical and clarifying changes.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 3212 of the Labor Code is repealed.SEC. 2.
Section 3212 is added to the Labor Code, to read:3212.
(a) As used in this division, the term “injury” includes both of the following:(1) With respect to the following members, a hernia, when any part of the hernia develops or manifests itself during a period while the member is in the service of the office, staff, division, department, or unit:
(A) Members of a sheriff’s office or the Department of the California Highway Patrol, district attorney’s staff of inspectors and investigators, or police or fire departments of cities, counties, cities and counties, districts, or other public
or municipal corporations or political subdivisions, whether those members are volunteers, or are partly paid or fully paid.
(B) Active firefighting members of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection whose duties require firefighting or of any county forestry or firefighting department or unit, whether those members are volunteers, or are partly paid or fully paid.
(C) Members of the warden service of the Wildlife Branch of the Department of Fish and Wildlife whose principal duties consist of active law enforcement service.
(D) Regular salaried county or city and county peace officers.
(E) Peace officers employed by a security or
police department of a school district, as described in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 38000) of Part 23 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Education Code.
(2) With respect to the following members, pneumonia and heart trouble that develops or manifests itself during a period while the member is in the service of the department:
(A) Members of fire departments.
(B) Members of county forestry or firefighting departments.
(C) Active firefighting members of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection whose duties require firefighting.
(D) Members of the warden service of the Wildlife
Branch of the Department of Fish and Wildlife whose principal duties consist of active law enforcement service.
(b) The compensation that is awarded for the hernia, heart trouble, or pneumonia shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits, as provided by the workers’ compensation laws of this state.
(c) Hernia, heart trouble, or pneumonia developing or manifesting as described in this section shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless controverted by other evidence, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it. The presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of
three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
(d) Hernia, heart trouble, or pneumonia developing or manifesting as described in this section shall not be attributed to any disease existing prior to that development or manifestation.
(e) This section does not apply to persons whose principal duties are clerical or otherwise do not clearly fall within the scope of active law enforcement, including custody and corrections, firefighting, or emergency first aid response service, such as stenographers, receptionists, and other office workers.
(a)This section applies to all of the following:
(1)Active firefighting members, whether volunteers, partly paid, or fully paid, of all of the following fire departments:
(A)A fire department of a city, county, city and county, district, or other public or municipal corporation or political subdivision.
(B)A fire department of the University of California and the California State University.
(C)The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
(D)A county forestry or firefighting department or unit.
(2)Active firefighting members of a fire department that serves a United States Department of Defense installation and who are certified by the Department of Defense as meeting its standards for firefighters.
(3)Active firefighting members of a fire department that serves a National Aeronautics and Space Administration installation and who adhere to training standards established in accordance with Article 4 (commencing with Section 13155) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 12 of the Health and Safety Code.
(4)Peace officers, as defined in Section 830.1, subdivision (a) of Section 830.2, and subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 830.37, of the Penal
Code, who are primarily engaged in active law enforcement activities.
(5)(A)Fire and rescue services coordinators who work for the Office of Emergency Services.
(B)For purposes of this paragraph, “fire and rescue services coordinators” means coordinators with the job classifications of coordinator, senior coordinator, or chief coordinator.
(6)Peace officers employed by a security or police department of a school district, as described in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 38000) of Part 23 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Education Code.
(b)The term
“injury,” as used in this division, includes cancer, including leukemia, that develops or manifests itself during a period in which any member described in subdivision (a) is in the service of the department or unit, if the member demonstrates that he or she was exposed, while in the service of the department or unit, to a known carcinogen as defined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, or as defined by the director.
(c)The compensation that is awarded for cancer shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits, as provided by this division.
(d)The cancer so developing or manifesting itself in these cases shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted
by evidence that the primary site of the cancer has been established and that the carcinogen to which the member has demonstrated exposure is not reasonably linked to the disabling cancer. Unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with the presumption. This presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 120 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
(e)The amendments to this section enacted during the 1999 portion of the 1999–2000 Regular Session shall be applied to claims for benefits filed or pending on or after January 1, 1997, including, but not limited to, claims for benefits filed on or after that date that have
previously been denied, or that are being appealed following denial.
(f)This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the William Dallas Jones Cancer Presumption Act of 2010.
SEC. 4.SEC. 3.
Section 3212.5 of the Labor Code is repealed.SEC. 5.SEC. 4.
Section 3212.5 is added to the Labor Code, to read:3212.5.
(a) The term “injury” as used in this division includes heart trouble and pneumonia that develops or manifests itself(1) A member of a police department of a city or municipality, a sheriff or deputy sheriff, or a member of the Department of the California Highway Patrol employed on a regular, full-time salary.
(2) An inspector or investigator in a district attorney’s office of a county who is employed on a regular, full-time salary.
(3) A peace officer employed by a security or police department of a school district, as described in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 38000) of Part 23 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Education Code.
(b) The heart trouble or pneumonia so developing or manifesting itself shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of
the employment, provided, however, that the person shall have served five years or more in that capacity before the presumption shall arise as to the compensability of heart trouble so developing or manifesting itself. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but, unless so controverted, the
appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it. This presumption shall be extended to a person following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
(c) The heart trouble or pneumonia so developing or manifesting itself in these cases shall in no case be attributed to any disease existing prior to its development or manifestation.
SEC. 6.SEC. 5.
Section 3212.6 of the Labor Code is repealed.SEC. 7.SEC. 6.
Section 3212.6 is added to the Labor Code, to read:3212.6.
(a) (1) The term “injury” includes tuberculosis that develops or manifests itself(A) A member of a police department of a city, county, or city and county, or a member of the sheriff’s office of a
county, or a member of the Department of the California Highway Patrol.
(B) An inspector or investigator in a district attorney’s office of a county whose principal duties consist of active law enforcement service.
(C) A prison or jail guard or correctional officer who is employed by a public agency if that person is employed on a regular, full-time salary.
(D) A member of a fire department of any city, county, or district, or other public or municipal corporations or political subdivisions, if that person is employed on a regular, fully paid basis.
(E) An active firefighting member of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection whose duties require
firefighting and first aid response services, or of a county forestry or firefighting department or unit, if that person is employed on a regular, fully paid basis.
(F) A peace officer employed by a security or police department of a school district, as described in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 38000) of Part 23 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Education Code.
(2) The tuberculosis developing or manifesting itself as described in paragraph (1) shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it. This presumption shall be
extended to a person described in paragraph (1) following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
(b) A public entity may require applicants for employment in firefighting positions who would be entitled to the benefits granted by this section to be tested for infection for tuberculosis.
(c) This section does not apply to persons whose principal duties are clerical or otherwise do not clearly fall within the scope of active law enforcement, including custody and corrections, firefighting, or emergency first aid response service, such as stenographers, receptionists, and other office
workers.
SEC. 8.SEC. 7.
Section 3212.85 of the Labor Code is repealed.SEC. 9.SEC. 8.
Section 3212.85 is added to the Labor Code, to read:3212.85.
(a) The term “injury,” as used in this division, includes illness or resulting death due to exposure to a biochemical substance that develops or occurs(1) A peace officer described in Sections 830.1 to 830.5, inclusive, of the Penal Code.
(2) A member of a fire department.
(3)A peace officer employed by a security or police department of a school district, as described in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 38000) of Part 23 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the
Education Code.
(b) The compensation that is awarded for injury pursuant to this section shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits, as provided by this division.
(c) The injury that develops or manifests itself in these cases shall be presumed to arise out of, and in the course of, the employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence. Unless controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with the presumption. This presumption shall be extended to a person described in subdivision (a) following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any
circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Biochemical substance” means any biological or chemical agent that may be used as a weapon of mass destruction, including, but not limited to, any chemical warfare agent, weaponized biological agent, or nuclear or radiological agent, as these terms are defined in Section 11417 of the Penal Code.
(2) “Member of a fire department” includes, but is not limited to, an apprentice, volunteer, partly paid, or fully paid member of any of the following:
(A) A fire department of a city, county, city and county, district,
or other public or municipal corporation or political subdivision.
(B) A fire department of the University of California and the California State University.
(C) The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
(D) A county forestry or firefighting department or unit.
SEC. 10.SEC. 9.
Section 3212.9 of the Labor Code is repealed.SEC. 11.SEC. 10.
Section 3212.9 is added to the Labor Code, to read:3212.9.
(a) The term “injury” includes meningitis that develops or manifests itself when one of the following persons is in the service of the agency, department, or unit as described in this subdivision, and the compensation that is awarded for meningitis shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits as provided by this division:(1) A member of a police department of a city, county, or city and county, or a member of the sheriff’s office of a county, or a member of the Department of the California Highway Patrol.
(2) A county probation officer, or an
inspector or investigator in a district attorney’s office of a county whose principal duties consist of active law enforcement service and who is employed on a regular, full-time salary.
(3) A member of a fire department of any city, county, or district, or other public or municipal corporation or political subdivision, or a county forestry or firefighting department or unit, who is employed on a regular, full-time salary.
(4) A peace officer employed by a security or police department of a school district, as described in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 38000) of Part 23 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Education Code.
(b) For purposes of
this section, meningitis shall be presumed to arise out of, and in the course of, the employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it. This presumption shall be extended to a person following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
(c) This section does not apply to persons whose principal duties are clerical or otherwise do not clearly fall within the scope of active law enforcement, including custody and corrections, or firefighting, such as stenographers, receptionists, and other office workers.
SEC. 12.SEC. 11.
Section 3213.2 of the Labor Code is amended to read:3213.2.
(a) In the case of a member of a police department of a city, county, or city and county, or a member of the sheriff’s office of a county, or a peace officer employed by the Department of the California Highway Patrol, or a peace officer employed by the University of California, or a peace officer employed by a(b) The lower back impairment so developing or manifesting itself in the peace officer shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it. This presumption shall be extended to a person following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the
last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
(c) For purposes of this section, “duty belt” means a belt used for the purpose of holding a gun, handcuffs, baton, and other items related to law enforcement.
