Workers’ compensation: medical treatment.
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Overview
This bill updates California’s workers’ compensation system to require employees to make a reasonable effort to schedule medical treatment outside of regular work hours. If treatment is foreseeable and occurs during work hours, employees must provide notice to their employer, and employers must provide the necessary leave unless business necessity dictates otherwise. The bill also clarifies that denied requests to attend scheduled treatment when a business necessity doesn’t exist constitute a misdemeanor, and employers cannot discriminate against employees for requesting or taking this leave. Furthermore, it ensures this leave runs concurrently with federal and state family leave programs.
Key provisions
- Requires employees to make a reasonable effort to schedule medical treatment outside of work hours.
- Mandates notification to employers if treatment occurs during work hours and is foreseeable.
- Requires employers to provide leave for treatment unless business necessity dictates otherwise.
- Designates denial of treatment when business necessity is absent as a misdemeanor.
- Prohibits employers from discriminating against employees for requesting or taking leave for medical treatment.
- Ensures leave taken under this bill runs concurrently with FMLA and California Family Rights Act leave.
- Defines ‘business necessity’ for denial of treatment requests.
- Clarifies that home health care services are only provided if reasonably required and prescribed by a physician.
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