BILL NUMBER: SB 351	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator La Malfa

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2011

   An act relating to workers' compensation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 351, as introduced, La Malfa. Workers' compensation: fatal
accidents.
   Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system,
administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of
Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries
sustained in the course of employment. Existing law requires
statutory death benefits to be paid to the employee's dependents, or,
if there are no dependents, to the personal representative of the
deceased employee, heirs, or other persons entitled to compensation,
as prescribed.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation relating to workers' compensation in the case of fatal
on-the-job accidents.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation relating to workers' compensation in the case of fatal
on-the-job accidents.