The Golden State's $16.5 billion workers' compensation marketplace is stubbornly showing signs of recovery as a result of reform measures introduced through the enactment of Senate Bill 863 two years ago.
The controversial legislation overhauled the state's huge workers' compensation system by creating a $120 million return-to-work fund, establishing an independent medical review board, revising the permanent disability rules and adding a controversial provision barring temporary staffing agencies from self-insuring for workers' compensation.
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