Today’s edition of WorkCompRecap hits the ground running with a big batch of bills batted-down by Brown in California, as the ACIC issued their applause for the vetoes of several Workers’ Comp related pieces of legislation which ACIC said would have increased costs or made California’s system more litigious. ACIC also praised Governor Brown for signing AB 378, which readers will recall brings compound drugs under the pharmacy fee schedule. Find out more by clicking here!
Also in the news today is a statement from California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on recently signed SB 684, which requires Comp insurers to disclose their intent to require out of state arbitration, and on the workforce front are updates from Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis on September’s Employment numbers, and also an update to the Randstad (previously SFN) Employee Confidence Index.