BILL NUMBER: SB 727	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Berryhill

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to repeal Section 4651.2 of the Labor Code, relating to
workers' compensation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 727, as introduced, Berryhill. Workers' compensation.
    Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system,
administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of
Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries
sustained in the course of his or her employment. Under existing law,
a worker may file a petition with the appeals board when it is
alleged that a continuing award for a disability has decreased or
terminated. Existing law prohibits the grant of that petition while
the injured worker is pursuing a rehabilitation plan, as specified,
in a section of law that is no longer valid.
   This bill would remove the prohibition on the granting of the
petition.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 4651.2 of the Labor Code is repealed. 
   4651.2.  No petitions filed under Section 4651.1 shall be granted
while the injured workman is pursuing a rehabilitation plan under
Section 139.5 of this code.