A California Senate Bill (SB 773) introduced by Senators Florez and Steinberg could potentially double California workers’ compensation permanent disability benefits. A large coalition of various groups is writing letters opposing this bill. A list of the organizations opposing it and a copy of the letter they are sending can be found at:
http://crmbc.com/news/read/76/sb-773-workers-compensation.html
Information about the bill, including its status and the text of the bill can be found at:
http://info.sen.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sb_773&sess=CUR&house=B&site=sen
According to Staff Comments on the California website,
“This bill would increase the current number of payable benefit weeks for each percentage point of permanent disability by approximately one third, while also increasing the current permanent disability rates for dates of injury on and after January 1, 2010. Preliminary information indicates the combination of these two changes will more than double the permanent disability indemnity benefit to injured employees with dates of injury on or after January 1, 2010 compared to the current indemnity table.”
