It is human nature to wait until the last minute to take care of business, and California lawmakers are a great example of this.
The deadline for submitting invoices in house and Senate is little more than a day away: Feb. 22.
But that so far were several pieces of legislation introduced "spot bills" are intended to be used at a later date in the legislative process to keep the language that is destined to become law.
The legislative process last year made it one of the most important insurance related bills Senate Bill 863, compensation reform bill full of workers what was signed into law by gov. Jerry Brown which came into effect in January.
Just because that bill that passed, don't expect workers ' comp to be off the table. As often happens when a major reform is passed people who fall on the wrong side of typically pressure lawmakers to come up with "fixes", and while the reform what massive there were some aspects of the new law do not touch, according to Mark Sektnan, President of the Insurance Association of California.
"We haven't even lakes, but we anticipate that," said Sektnan, who was involved with such reforms in the past and has experienced it firsthand, "which is what happens after a reform like that".
Compounding drugs can be comp workers another problem that warrants a Bill.
A compounding medicines report released earlier this month revealed effects of comp-related workers another law enacted at the start of 2012. price controls were created by Assembly Bill 378, created by the legislator Jose Solorio, D-Santa Ana, to address an increase in the use and cost of compounded drugs in workers ' comp.
But while the law, which came into force at the beginning of 2012, might have helped push drug prescriptions compounded down from 3.1 percent in 2011 to 2 percent of workers ' comp requirements in California in 2012, those seemed more compounders that have done for.
Medications compounded consumed a much larger share of workers ' compensation prescription dollars in 2012 and more than offset the impact of price controls, according to the report of the California workers ' compensation Institute.
The study shows that not only did the mix of ingredients used in exchange for aggravated drug, but the average number of ingredients, the average amount of each ingredient, and increased the average payment for ingredient, driving the average refund for these requirements the 68 per cent.
Drug compounding what is not directly addressed by the Senate Bill 863, massive overhaul workers comp bill that came into force at the beginning of 2013?? and if they want to deal with the rising costs, lawmakers probably be covered legislative correction to come up with another this year, study author CWCI suggested.
Sektnan actually believes that one or two may be convinced lawmakers to draft legislation addressing any problems that people have with SB 863, including perhaps ultra-delicate California lawyer's Association, which opposes the Bill. Are there any legislative fixes so you probably should be sought as the new law continues to be implemented and any problem with the new law smiled.
"I think people will certainly be watching and trying to improve it and ensure that it works," he said.
Larger than workers ' comp is the question of the use of opioids, however is an area that has dramatically affected workers ' comp arena, and this is something that may get even faced by legislators, Sektnan said.
Sektnan of therefore expects a Bill to finance and improve the prescription drug monitoring program. Review of use of controlled substance datatbase of the State, and evaluation system (cures), is an application tool to use for doctors to monitor patients to ensure that they are not doctor shopping to obtain pain medications such as OxyContin. Some of the cited holes in your system and lacquer are still increasing, utilization as a reason perscriptions for painkillers in workers ' comp.
"The issue of opiods is great," Sektnan said. "This is a bigger problem than just workers ' comp, but I think that workers ' comp is a critical part of it we now we are finding out there are more prescription drug deaths that there are auto accident deaths."
