CA AB346

Adds police officers employed by a school district, county office of education, or community college district to the list of public employees entitled to paid leave of absence while disabled by work-related injury or illness

Entitles eligible police officers to leave without loss of salary in lieu of temporary disability payments, for a period not exceeding one year or until retirement on permanent disability pension

Applies only to regularly employed, full-time officers and excludes support staff whose duties are administrative (clerks, operators, mechanics) rather than active law enforcement

Allows insurers to pay disability indemnity directly to the employer in lieu of workers' compensation temporary disability payments

Enacted September 9, 2019