Bill Text: CA SB334 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enhanced industrial disability leave.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-10-15 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 857, Statutes of 2017. [SB334 Detail]

Download: California-2017-SB334-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 334

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Introduced by Senator Dodd

February 13, 2017

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An act to amend Section 19871.2 of the Government Code, relating to disability leave.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 334, as introduced, Dodd. Enhanced industrial disability leave.

Existing law generally grants to state officers and employees who are members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System or the State Teachers’ Retirement System, among others, a right to industrial disability leave, as defined. Existing law defines an excluded employee to include managerial employees and supervisors, among others. Existing law provides an enhanced industrial disability leave benefit to an excluded employee who is temporarily disabled for more than 22 consecutive working days by an injury or type of injury designated by the Director of the Department of Human Resources as qualifying for these purposes.

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to provisions relating to enhanced industrial disability leave, as described above.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 19871.2 of the Government Code is amended to read:

19871.2.

 When If an excluded employee is temporarily disabled for more than 22 consecutive working days by an injury or type of injury designated by the director as qualifying an employee for the benefits of this section, he or she shall receive an enhanced industrial disability leave benefit. The enhanced benefit shall be equivalent to the injured employee’s net take home salary on the date of occurrence of injury. Eligibility and benefits may not exceed 52 weeks within a two-year period after the date of occurrence of the injury. For the purposes of this section, “net salary” means the amount of salary received after federal income tax, state income tax, and the employee’s retirement contribution has been deducted from the employee’s gross salary.

The final decision as to whether an employee is eligible for, or continues to be eligible for, enhanced benefits shall rest with the appointing authority or his or her designee. The appointing authority may periodically review the employee’s condition by any means necessary to determine an employee’s continued eligibility for enhanced benefits.