In September 2012 California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 863 (SB 863) into law. The primary goals of the bill were to increase benefits to injured workers over a 2 year period beginning January 1, 2013 and to produce system-wide savings by reducing medical and frictional costs by correcting inefficiencies and restructuring elements of the system.
Almost two and a half years following the effective date of SB 863 in California, how are the provisions of the bill playing out? In this piece, we review the initial expectations and the industry’s view on how actual results are measuring up against those expectations. Additionally, we review notable trends in California Workers’ Compensation as a whole.
