Workers’ compensation: peace officers.
- Expands the heart-trouble presumption to State Hospitals peace officers.
- Keeps full medical, disability, and death benefits for these claims.
- Extends the post-employment presumption up to 60 months at 3 months per year.
- Maintains disputable presumption and standard workers’ compensation enforcement.
Assembly Member Nguyen frames a proposal to extend the heart-trouble workers’ compensation presumption to peace officers employed by the State Department of State Hospitals. The measure would treat heart trouble that develops or manifests during duty as an injury eligible for workers’ compensation under the same framework that currently covers custodial staff in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The presumption remains disputable, with the appeals board required to apply it unless countervailing evidence is introduced, and it would extend to a post-employment period of up to 60 months, at a rate of three calendar months for each full year of service, measured from the last date worked.
The change defines the new covered group as peace officers who are defined in state law and employed by the State Hospitals department, maintaining the existing injury standard that heart trouble arising in the course of employment qualifies for benefits and preserving the same scope of benefits—medical care, disability indemnity, and, where applicable, death benefits. The extension of the presumption after service remains three months per year of service, up to a total of 60 months, starting from the last date worked. Regulatory administration continues through the existing workers’ compensation system, and no new enforcement mechanism or appropriation is requested; conforming and technical updates are intended to align terminology and references with the new coverage.
The expansion would add a new category of state peace officers to the heart-trouble presumption, potentially influencing claim volumes and long-term cost considerations within the state workers’ compensation program and the hospital system. A fiscal analysis is required, though no separate funding is proposed in the measure itself. Implementation would rely on the established administrative bodies—the division of workers’ compensation and the workers’ compensation appeals process—to adjudicate claims under the same disputable presumption framework, with the same interplay between medical evidence and employer defenses.
 Stephanie NguyenD Assemblymember | Bill Author |  Not Contacted |
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Latest Voting History
| Ayes | Noes | NVR | Total | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | 0 | 1 | 80 | PASS |
- Expands the heart-trouble presumption to State Hospitals peace officers.
- Keeps full medical, disability, and death benefits for these claims.
- Extends the post-employment presumption up to 60 months at 3 months per year.
- Maintains disputable presumption and standard workers’ compensation enforcement.
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Introduced By
Assembly Member Nguyen frames a proposal to extend the heart-trouble workers’ compensation presumption to peace officers employed by the State Department of State Hospitals. The measure would treat heart trouble that develops or manifests during duty as an injury eligible for workers’ compensation under the same framework that currently covers custodial staff in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The presumption remains disputable, with the appeals board required to apply it unless countervailing evidence is introduced, and it would extend to a post-employment period of up to 60 months, at a rate of three calendar months for each full year of service, measured from the last date worked.
The change defines the new covered group as peace officers who are defined in state law and employed by the State Hospitals department, maintaining the existing injury standard that heart trouble arising in the course of employment qualifies for benefits and preserving the same scope of benefits—medical care, disability indemnity, and, where applicable, death benefits. The extension of the presumption after service remains three months per year of service, up to a total of 60 months, starting from the last date worked. Regulatory administration continues through the existing workers’ compensation system, and no new enforcement mechanism or appropriation is requested; conforming and technical updates are intended to align terminology and references with the new coverage.
The expansion would add a new category of state peace officers to the heart-trouble presumption, potentially influencing claim volumes and long-term cost considerations within the state workers’ compensation program and the hospital system. A fiscal analysis is required, though no separate funding is proposed in the measure itself. Implementation would rely on the established administrative bodies—the division of workers’ compensation and the workers’ compensation appeals process—to adjudicate claims under the same disputable presumption framework, with the same interplay between medical evidence and employer defenses.
Latest Voting History
| Ayes | Noes | NVR | Total | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | 0 | 1 | 80 | PASS |
Stephanie NguyenD Assemblymember | Bill Author | Not Contacted |