California Labor Code

§ 3370.1

LAB § 3370.1 Effective Jun 27, 2019Div. 4 · Part 1 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)Each patient in a State Department of State Hospital facility shall be entitled to the workers’ compensation benefits provided by this division for injury arising out of and in the course of a vocational rehabilitation program work assignment, including a sheltered workshop work assignment, and for the death of the patient if the injury proximately causes death, subject to all of the following conditions:

(1)The patient was not injured as the result of an assault in which the patient was the initial aggressor, or as the result of the intentional act of the patient injuring themselves.

(2)The patient shall not be entitled to any temporary disability indemnity benefits while committed in a state hospital facility or reincarcerated in a city or county jail or state penal or correctional institution.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 38, Sec. 34. (SB 78) Effective June 27, 2019.