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SB 3 Workers Compensation: Permanent Disability Benefits
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 05/08/2009 |
| Summary: SB 3 would change the amount and the process for paying the supplemental job displacement benefit for injuries occurring on or after Jan. 1, 2010. An employee whose injury causes a permanent partial disability would be eligible for the benefit. The supplemental job displacement benefit would be furnished in the form of a voucher in an amount up to $6,000. The voucher would be redeemable for a variety of purposes. ... more |
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SB 39 Personal Liability Immunity: Disaster Service Workers
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 07/29/2009 |
| Summary: SB 39 clarifies California's "Good Samaritan" law by providing that disaster service workers who perform disaster services during a state of emergency are not liable for civil damages resulting from their acts or omissions, regardless of where the act or omission occurs, unless the disaster service worker's conduct is willful. This immunity would apply so long as the disaster service worker is performing services within the scope of his/her responsibilities under the authority of the government... more |
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SB 119 Professional Liability Insurance: Insurers: Bad Faith
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 07/21/2009 |
| Summary: SB 119 extends for two-years the qualified immunity of insurance companies that issue professional liability policies to health care providers for good faith statements regarding notices of nonrenewal.... more |
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SB 145 Workers Compensation
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| ACIC Position: Oppose |
| Last ACIC Action: 08/30/2010 |
| Summary: ACIC is opposed to SB 145 because the bill would add statutory provisions that would foster unfair apportionment determinations.... more |
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SB 159 Vehicles: Emergency Vehicles
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 07/21/2009 |
| Summary: SB 159 repeals the Jan. 1, 2010, sunset on provisions that require motorists to approach stationary emergency vehicles displaying emergency lights with due caution and to either make a lane change or, if that is not practicable, slow to a reasonable and prudent speed. ... more |
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SB 226 Identity Theft
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 07/21/2009 |
| Summary: SB 226 provides that where multiple identity thefts involving the same defendants have occurred in multiple locations, jurisdiction for all of the offenses is proper in any county where one of the offenses occurred.... more |
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SB 350 Aftermarket Parts
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| ACIC Position: Oppose |
| Last ACIC Action: 06/15/2010 |
| Summary: ACIC believes that the SB 350 is redundant of existing Department of Insurance regulations and does nothing to enhance the current marketplace for aftermarket parts. ... more |
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SB 393 Judgments: Interest
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 04/14/2009 |
| Summary: SB 393 would provide that interest on a judgment accrues at the federal short-term rate plus 2%, except as otherwise provided in a written contract, not to exceed 10% per annum. ... more |
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SB 403 Workers Compensation: Lien Claims
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 04/15/2009 |
| Summary: SB 403 would prohibit a lien claim for medical treatment or for medical-legal expenses from being filed more than one year from the date the health care provider, or the health care provider’s agent, was sent an explanation of benefits or an explanation of review paying or objecting to a bill in whole or in part. ... more |
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SB 427 Automotive repair: crash parts
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 08/19/2010 |
| Summary: SB 427 is a consumer friendly bill that requires an automotive repair dealer to actually repair and fully restore an airbag that has been damaged in an accident or risk being found guilty of a misdemeanor subject to a fine, imprisonment, or both.... more |
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SB 627 Catalytic Converters: Junk Dealers and Recyclers
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 09/02/2009 |
| Summary: SB 627 requires recyclers to comply with additional record keeping and identification procedures and new payment restrictions when purchasing catalytic converters. These requirements are identical to those required of junk dealers who purchase other forms of valuable scrap metal. ... more |
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SB 683 Workers Compensation: Group Self-Insurers: Audits
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| ACIC Position: Oppose |
| Last ACIC Action: 04/15/2009 |
| Summary: SB 683 would require a workers compensation group self-insurer to annually file with the director of the Office of Self Insured Plans an audit by an independent, certified public accountant of the financial accounts and records of the group self-insurer.... more |
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SB 880 Public Safety and Snow Sport Helmets
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 08/30/2010 |
| Summary: The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) supports SB 880 which would
mandate the use of helmets in children under the age of 18 who ski and snowboard. ... more |
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SB 942 State Auditor: Analysis of Regulations
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 04/16/2010 |
| Summary: SB 942 would establish an Economic Analysis Unit within the Office of Administrative Law to review final revised cost estimates of regulations having an estimated cost exceeding $50,000.... more |
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SB 1087 Identity Theft: Restitution
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 06/21/2010 |
| Summary: ACIC supports SB 1087 which requires a person convicted of the crime of identity theft to pay their victims, as part of their restitution, the costs associated with a credit monitoring service and the costs to repair their credit for a reasonable period of time in order to make the victims whole.... more |
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SB 1213 Electronic access to claims information
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| ACIC Position: Oppose |
| Last ACIC Action: 04/16/2010 |
| Summary: SB 1213 could pose serious problems for the Electronic Adjudication Management System (EAMS). ... more |
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SB 1242 Insurance: Guarantee Association
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 06/07/2010 |
| Summary: The California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) was created to protect California insurance consumers from losses arising after an insurance company becomes insolvent. ... more |
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SB 1351 Office of Administrative Law
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 04/08/2010 |
| Summary: SB 1351 would amend the Administrative Procedure Act to revise the definition of "clarity" to add that regulations must include all implementation schedules and forms necessary for the public to comply with the regulation.... more |
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