Sacramento, CA – In anticipation of the enactment of Senate Bill 863, which creates wide-ranging changes to the workers’ compensation system, including increased benefits to injured workers’ and cost savings efficiencies, the Department of Industrial Relations’ (DIR) Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) recently scheduled working groups to discuss regulation proposals.
“We know that DWC’s regulations will be better if we have input from the workers’ compensation stakeholders,” said DIR Director Christine Baker. “Please come prepared to share your ideas and suggestions.”
The initial working group meetings will address regulations that need to be adopted first in order to comply with the deadlines prescribed by the bill. Five meetings will be held Oct. 2 at the Elihu Harris State Building, 1515 Clay Street, Oakland, CA as follows:
- Auditorium, main floor, 9 a.m.-noon: Independent Medical Review (related Utilization Review and Qualified Medical Evaluator issues), and Independent Bill Review
- Auditorium, main floor, 2-4 p.m.: Lien filling and activation fee
- Rooms 1&2, 2nd floor, 9-11 a.m.: Vouchers
- Rooms 1 &2, 2nd floor, 1-2:30 p.m.: Home health care fee schedule regulations
- Rooms 1&2, 2nd floor, 3-4:30 p.m.: Predesignation and cap on chiropractors as primary treating physicians
Source: CA DWC