Bill Text: CA SB899 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Workers’ compensation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2018-09-23 - In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending. [SB899 Detail]

Download: California-2017-SB899-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 899

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Introduced by Senator Bradford

January 16, 2018

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An act to amend Section 115 of the Labor Code, relating to workers’ compensation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 899, as introduced, Bradford. Workers’ compensation.

Existing law establishes a workers’ compensation system to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of his or her employment. Under this system, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board has jurisdiction to determine these claims. Existing law provides that actions of the board are taken by a decision of a majority of the board, except as provided.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 115 of the Labor Code is amended to read:

115.

 (a) Actions of the appeals board shall be taken by decision of a majority of the appeals board board, except as otherwise expressly provided.

The

(b) The chairman shall assign pending cases in which reconsideration is sought to any three members thereof for hearing, consideration consideration, and decision. Assignments by the chairman of members to such those cases shall be rotated on a case-by-case basis with and the composition of the members so assigned being shall be varied and changed to assure ensure that there shall never be a fixed and continued composition of members. Any such case assigned to any three members in which the finding, order, decision decision, or award is made and filed by any two or more of such those members shall be deemed the action of the appeals board board, unless reconsideration is had made in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 5900), Chapter 7, Part 4, Division 4 of this code. 5900) of Chapter 7 of Part 4 of Division 4. Any case assigned to three members shall be heard and decided only by them, unless the matter has been reassigned by the chairman on a majority vote of the appeals board to the appeals board as a whole in order to achieve uniformity of decision, or in cases presenting novel issues.