Workers' compensation: licensed clinical social workers.
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 requires an employer to provide medical, surgical, chiropractic, acupuncture, and hospital treatment reasonably required to cure or relieve the injured worker from the effects of the injury. Existing law includes in the meaning of medical treatment services and supplies by physical therapists, chiropractic practitioners, and acupuncturists, that are licensed and within the scope of their practice. Existing law authorizes an insurer, employer, or entity that provides physician network services to establish or modify a medical provider network for the provision of medical treatment to injured employees, and requires that a network include an adequate number and type of physicians or other providers, as defined.
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SB 1002
California SB 1002 (20212022)
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Workers' compensation: licensed clinical social workers.
California SB 1002 (20212022) — Workers' compensation: licensed clinical social workers.
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 requires an employer to provide medical, surgical, chiropractic, acupuncture, and hospital treatment reasonably required to cure or relieve the injured worker from the effects of the injury. Existing law includes in the meaning of medical treatment services and supplies by physical therapists, chiropractic practitioners, and acupuncturists, that are licensed and within the scope of their practice. Existing law authorizes an insurer, employer, or entity that provides physician network services to establish or modify a medical provider network for the provision of medical treatment to injured employees, and requires that a network include an adequate number and type of physicians or other providers, as defined.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1002 Portantino et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–1 (pass) · lower
SB 1002 Portantino Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
SB 1002 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Luz Rivas — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Portantino — primary (person)
Becker — coauthor (person)
Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-14 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-15 From printer.
2022-02-23 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2022-03-11 Set for hearing March 21.
2022-03-14 March 21 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2022-03-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-03-29 Set for hearing April 4.
2022-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3309.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-06 Set for hearing April 18.
2022-04-18 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-04-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3583.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-05-05 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2022-05-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-04 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5828.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-15 Ordered to the Assembly.
2022-08-15 In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2022-08-18 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
2022-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-22 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5415.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2022-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 609, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d96f2fd-0e0a-49d1-9fdb-1e32ccf0dc8b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).