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CAJPA supports legislation that preserves the original intent of the workers’ compensation system: to deliver prompt and fair benefits to workers who are injured on the job. We believe that the system should be designed to promote employee health, function and return to work. With respect to our public agency members, we resist legislation that would result in increased litigation; excessive costs; expansion of injury “presumptions” for special classes of employees; or erosion of workers’ compensation as the exclusive remedy for work-related injuries.
CAJPA Supports:
- Continued enforcement of workers’ compensation as the exclusive remedy for injuries arising out of and in the course of employment.
- Consistent application of the AOE/COE standard for determining what injuries are covered, for all employees.
- Statewide fee schedules that control the cost of all forms of medical care for work-related injuries
- Preserving objective standards for evaluating permanent disability, and directing permanent disability benefits to injured workers with actual earnings loss.
- Medical treatment which is consistent with evidence-based, peer-reviewed and nationally recognized standards of care, and maintaining a system of utilization review to certify appropriate treatment.
- Streamlining the system to minimize expensive and unnecessary litigation.
- Efforts to reduce or eliminate fraud within the workers’ compensation system, perpetrated by any party to the system.
If you’re interested in CAJPA’s legislative activities or joining the CAJPA Legislative Committee, please contact the Committee Chair Janet Selby.