Amended IN Senate May 16, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1205Introduced by Senator LairdFebruary 15, 2024An act to add Section 4600.03 to the Labor Code, relating to workers compensation.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1205, as amended, Laird. Workers compensation: medical benefits.Existing law establishes a workers compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers Compensation, to compensate an employee, as defined, for injuries sustained in the course of employment. Existing law requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including wage replacement and medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, or in the course of, employment.This bill would make an employee who is working entitled to receive all reasonable expenses of transportation, meals, and lodging incident to receiving treatment, in addition to one day of temporary disability indemnity, or a percentage of one day of temporary disability indemnity representative of the percentage of the wages lost receiving treatment. treatment, as specified.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 4600.03 is added to the Labor Code, to read:4600.03. (a) Notwithstanding Section 4656, when treatment is provided pursuant to this article to an employee who is working, the employee is entitled to receive, in addition to all other benefits, all reasonable expenses of transportation, meals, and lodging incident to receiving treatment, together with one day of temporary disability indemnity for each day of wages lost receiving treatment.(b) If treatment does not require the employee to miss a full day of work, the employer may instead provide a percentage of one day of temporary disability indemnity representative of the percentage of the wages lost receiving treatment.(c) An employer may require an employee to first exhaust leave provided under Sections 245 to 247.5, inclusive, of the Labor Code or Section 44978 or 45191 of the Education Code before the employer is required to provide temporary disability indemnity leave under this section.(c)(d) This section applies whether the injury has become permanent and stationary or not.(d)(e) Regardless of the date of injury, reasonable expenses of transportation includes mileage fees from the employees home to the place of the treatment and back at the rate adopted by the Director of Human Resources pursuant to Section 19820 of the Government Code, plus any bridge tolls.(e)(f) The employer may not discharge or in any way discriminate against the employee for receiving treatment during normal business hours or during the hours of the day when the employee is customarily at work.
Amended IN Senate May 16, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1205Introduced by Senator LairdFebruary 15, 2024An act to add Section 4600.03 to the Labor Code, relating to workers compensation.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1205, as amended, Laird. Workers compensation: medical benefits.Existing law establishes a workers compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers Compensation, to compensate an employee, as defined, for injuries sustained in the course of employment. Existing law requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including wage replacement and medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, or in the course of, employment.This bill would make an employee who is working entitled to receive all reasonable expenses of transportation, meals, and lodging incident to receiving treatment, in addition to one day of temporary disability indemnity, or a percentage of one day of temporary disability indemnity representative of the percentage of the wages lost receiving treatment. treatment, as specified.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate May 16, 2024
Amended IN Senate May 16, 2024
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1205
Introduced by Senator LairdFebruary 15, 2024
Introduced by Senator Laird
February 15, 2024
An act to add Section 4600.03 to the Labor Code, relating to workers compensation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1205, as amended, Laird. Workers compensation: medical benefits.
Existing law establishes a workers compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers Compensation, to compensate an employee, as defined, for injuries sustained in the course of employment. Existing law requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including wage replacement and medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, or in the course of, employment.This bill would make an employee who is working entitled to receive all reasonable expenses of transportation, meals, and lodging incident to receiving treatment, in addition to one day of temporary disability indemnity, or a percentage of one day of temporary disability indemnity representative of the percentage of the wages lost receiving treatment. treatment, as specified.
Existing law establishes a workers compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers Compensation, to compensate an employee, as defined, for injuries sustained in the course of employment. Existing law requires employers to secure the payment of workers compensation, including wage replacement and medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, or in the course of, employment.
This bill would make an employee who is working entitled to receive all reasonable expenses of transportation, meals, and lodging incident to receiving treatment, in addition to one day of temporary disability indemnity, or a percentage of one day of temporary disability indemnity representative of the percentage of the wages lost receiving treatment. treatment, as specified.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 4600.03 is added to the Labor Code, to read:4600.03. (a) Notwithstanding Section 4656, when treatment is provided pursuant to this article to an employee who is working, the employee is entitled to receive, in addition to all other benefits, all reasonable expenses of transportation, meals, and lodging incident to receiving treatment, together with one day of temporary disability indemnity for each day of wages lost receiving treatment.(b) If treatment does not require the employee to miss a full day of work, the employer may instead provide a percentage of one day of temporary disability indemnity representative of the percentage of the wages lost receiving treatment.(c) An employer may require an employee to first exhaust leave provided under Sections 245 to 247.5, inclusive, of the Labor Code or Section 44978 or 45191 of the Education Code before the employer is required to provide temporary disability indemnity leave under this section.(c)(d) This section applies whether the injury has become permanent and stationary or not.(d)(e) Regardless of the date of injury, reasonable expenses of transportation includes mileage fees from the employees home to the place of the treatment and back at the rate adopted by the Director of Human Resources pursuant to Section 19820 of the Government Code, plus any bridge tolls.(e)(f) The employer may not discharge or in any way discriminate against the employee for receiving treatment during normal business hours or during the hours of the day when the employee is customarily at work.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 4600.03 is added to the Labor Code, to read:4600.03. (a) Notwithstanding Section 4656, when treatment is provided pursuant to this article to an employee who is working, the employee is entitled to receive, in addition to all other benefits, all reasonable expenses of transportation, meals, and lodging incident to receiving treatment, together with one day of temporary disability indemnity for each day of wages lost receiving treatment.(b) If treatment does not require the employee to miss a full day of work, the employer may instead provide a percentage of one day of temporary disability indemnity representative of the percentage of the wages lost receiving treatment.(c) An employer may require an employee to first exhaust leave provided under Sections 245 to 247.5, inclusive, of the Labor Code or Section 44978 or 45191 of the Education Code before the employer is required to provide temporary disability indemnity leave under this section.(c)(d) This section applies whether the injury has become permanent and stationary or not.(d)(e) Regardless of the date of injury, reasonable expenses of transportation includes mileage fees from the employees home to the place of the treatment and back at the rate adopted by the Director of Human Resources pursuant to Section 19820 of the Government Code, plus any bridge tolls.(e)(f) The employer may not discharge or in any way discriminate against the employee for receiving treatment during normal business hours or during the hours of the day when the employee is customarily at work.
SECTION 1. Section 4600.03 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
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4600.03. (a) Notwithstanding Section 4656, when treatment is provided pursuant to this article to an employee who is working, the employee is entitled to receive, in addition to all other benefits, all reasonable expenses of transportation, meals, and lodging incident to receiving treatment, together with one day of temporary disability indemnity for each day of wages lost receiving treatment.(b) If treatment does not require the employee to miss a full day of work, the employer may instead provide a percentage of one day of temporary disability indemnity representative of the percentage of the wages lost receiving treatment.(c) An employer may require an employee to first exhaust leave provided under Sections 245 to 247.5, inclusive, of the Labor Code or Section 44978 or 45191 of the Education Code before the employer is required to provide temporary disability indemnity leave under this section.(c)(d) This section applies whether the injury has become permanent and stationary or not.(d)(e) Regardless of the date of injury, reasonable expenses of transportation includes mileage fees from the employees home to the place of the treatment and back at the rate adopted by the Director of Human Resources pursuant to Section 19820 of the Government Code, plus any bridge tolls.(e)(f) The employer may not discharge or in any way discriminate against the employee for receiving treatment during normal business hours or during the hours of the day when the employee is customarily at work.
4600.03. (a) Notwithstanding Section 4656, when treatment is provided pursuant to this article to an employee who is working, the employee is entitled to receive, in addition to all other benefits, all reasonable expenses of transportation, meals, and lodging incident to receiving treatment, together with one day of temporary disability indemnity for each day of wages lost receiving treatment.(b) If treatment does not require the employee to miss a full day of work, the employer may instead provide a percentage of one day of temporary disability indemnity representative of the percentage of the wages lost receiving treatment.(c) An employer may require an employee to first exhaust leave provided under Sections 245 to 247.5, inclusive, of the Labor Code or Section 44978 or 45191 of the Education Code before the employer is required to provide temporary disability indemnity leave under this section.(c)(d) This section applies whether the injury has become permanent and stationary or not.(d)(e) Regardless of the date of injury, reasonable expenses of transportation includes mileage fees from the employees home to the place of the treatment and back at the rate adopted by the Director of Human Resources pursuant to Section 19820 of the Government Code, plus any bridge tolls.(e)(f) The employer may not discharge or in any way discriminate against the employee for receiving treatment during normal business hours or during the hours of the day when the employee is customarily at work.
4600.03. (a) Notwithstanding Section 4656, when treatment is provided pursuant to this article to an employee who is working, the employee is entitled to receive, in addition to all other benefits, all reasonable expenses of transportation, meals, and lodging incident to receiving treatment, together with one day of temporary disability indemnity for each day of wages lost receiving treatment.(b) If treatment does not require the employee to miss a full day of work, the employer may instead provide a percentage of one day of temporary disability indemnity representative of the percentage of the wages lost receiving treatment.(c) An employer may require an employee to first exhaust leave provided under Sections 245 to 247.5, inclusive, of the Labor Code or Section 44978 or 45191 of the Education Code before the employer is required to provide temporary disability indemnity leave under this section.(c)(d) This section applies whether the injury has become permanent and stationary or not.(d)(e) Regardless of the date of injury, reasonable expenses of transportation includes mileage fees from the employees home to the place of the treatment and back at the rate adopted by the Director of Human Resources pursuant to Section 19820 of the Government Code, plus any bridge tolls.(e)(f) The employer may not discharge or in any way discriminate against the employee for receiving treatment during normal business hours or during the hours of the day when the employee is customarily at work.
4600.03. (a) Notwithstanding Section 4656, when treatment is provided pursuant to this article to an employee who is working, the employee is entitled to receive, in addition to all other benefits, all reasonable expenses of transportation, meals, and lodging incident to receiving treatment, together with one day of temporary disability indemnity for each day of wages lost receiving treatment.
(b) If treatment does not require the employee to miss a full day of work, the employer may instead provide a percentage of one day of temporary disability indemnity representative of the percentage of the wages lost receiving treatment.
(c) An employer may require an employee to first exhaust leave provided under Sections 245 to 247.5, inclusive, of the Labor Code or Section 44978 or 45191 of the Education Code before the employer is required to provide temporary disability indemnity leave under this section.
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(d) This section applies whether the injury has become permanent and stationary or not.
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(e) Regardless of the date of injury, reasonable expenses of transportation includes mileage fees from the employees home to the place of the treatment and back at the rate adopted by the Director of Human Resources pursuant to Section 19820 of the Government Code, plus any bridge tolls.
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(f) The employer may not discharge or in any way discriminate against the employee for receiving treatment during normal business hours or during the hours of the day when the employee is customarily at work.