Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, that generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers' compensation for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. Existing law provides certain methods for determining workers' compensation benefits payable to a worker or his or her dependents for purposes of temporary disability, permanent total disability, permanent partial disability, and in the case of death. Existing law provides that totally dependent minor children of a deceased worker shall receive death benefits until the youngest child attains 18 years of age, or until the death of a child physically or mentally incapacitated from earning, at a weekly rate of at least $224.
California AB 1696 (20092010) — Death benefits: payment duration.
Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, that generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers' compensation for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. Existing law provides certain methods for determining workers' compensation benefits payable to a worker or his or her dependents for purposes of temporary disability, permanent total disability, permanent partial disability, and in the case of death. Existing law provides that totally dependent minor children of a deceased worker shall receive death benefits until the youngest child attains 18 years of age, or until the death of a child physically or mentally incapacitated from earning, at a weekly rate of at least $224.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1696 Bill Berryhill By DeSaulnier — pass (pass) · upper
Reconsideration granted. — pass (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
AB 1696 BERRYHILL, B. Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass. — fail (fail) · upper
Sponsors
Bill Berryhill — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2010-01-28 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2010-01-29 From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
2010-02-11 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2010-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2010-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2010-05-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 5). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2010-05-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2010-05-11 (Corrected May 12.)
2010-05-12 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2010-05-13 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5155.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2010-05-13 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2010-05-27 Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
2010-06-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2010-06-23 In committee: Set, second hearing. Failed passage.
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