BILL NUMBER: AB 1469	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Villines

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 4651.2 of the Labor Code, relating to
workers' compensation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1469, as introduced, Villines. Workers' compensation.
   Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system to
compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of
employment. Under this system, the Workers' Compensation Appeals
Board has jurisdiction to determine these claims. Existing law
prohibits petitions filed with the appeals board concerning a
continuing temporary disability award from being granted while the
injured worker is pursuing a rehabilitation plan.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
provision.
   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.  Section 4651.2 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   4651.2.  No petitions filed under Section 4651.1 shall be granted
while the injured  workman   worker  is
pursuing a rehabilitation plan under Section 139.5  of this
code  .