California Labor Code

§ 5406.6

LAB § 5406.6 Effective Jan 1, 2014Div. 4 · Part 4 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)In the case of the death of a health care worker, a worker described in Section 3212, or a worker described in Section 830.5 of the Penal Code from an HIV-related disease, the period within which proceedings may be commenced for the collection of benefits provided by Article 4 (commencing with Section 4700) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 is one year from the date of death, providing that one or more of the following events has occurred:

(1)A report of the injury or exposure was made to the employer or to a governmental agency authorized to administer industrial injury claims, within one year of the date of the injury.

(2)The worker has complied with the notice provisions of this chapter and the claim has not been finally determined to be noncompensable.

…

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 444, Sec. 21. (SB 138) Effective January 1, 2014.