BILL NUMBER: AB 2125	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  876
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 26, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 25, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 28, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 18, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Negrete McLeod

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2002

   An act to add Section 3212.12 to the Labor Code, relating to
workers' compensation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2125, Negrete McLeod.  Workers' compensation:  Lyme disease.
   Existing law provides that an injury of an employee arising out of
and in the course of employment is generally compensable through the
workers' compensation system.  Existing law provides that, in the
case of certain law enforcement officers and firefighters, the term
"injury" includes heart trouble, hernia, pneumonia, and other
injuries and diseases, and establishes a disputable presumption in
this regard.
   This bill would provide that in the case of certain state law
enforcement and California Conservation Corps personnel, the term
"injury" also includes Lyme disease that develops or manifests itself
during a period while the person is in that service.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 3212.12 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   3212.12.  (a) This section applies to peace officers, as defined
in subdivision (b) of Section 830.1 of the Penal Code, subdivisions
(e), (f), and (g) of Section 830.2 of the Penal Code, and
corpsmembers, as defined by Section 14302 of the Public Resources
Code, and other employees at the California Conservation Corps
classified as any of the following:


Title                                                 Class
Backcounty Trails Camp Supervisor,
  California Conservation Corps .................     1030
Conservationist I, California
  Conservation Corps ............................     1029
Conservationist II, California
  Conservation Corps ............................     1003
Conservationist II, Nursery
  California Conservation Corps .................     7370

   (b) The term "injury," as used in this division, includes Lyme
disease that develops or manifests itself during a period in which
any person described in subdivision (a) is in the service of the
department.
   (c) The compensation that is awarded for Lyme disease shall
include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability
indemnity, and death benefits, as provided by this division.
   (d) Lyme disease so developing or manifesting itself in these
cases shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the
employment.  This presumption is disputable and may be controverted
by evidence that the Lyme disease is not reasonably linked to the
work performance.  Unless so controverted, the appeals board shall
find in accordance with the presumption.  This presumption shall be
extended to a person described in subdivision (a) following
termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each
full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in
any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in
the specified capacity.