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CA AB2098
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/18/2026
Primary Sponsor
Ash Kalra
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AI Summary
- Employees receiving workers' compensation medical treatment must make reasonable efforts to schedule appointments outside work hours, and provide advance notice to employers when foreseeable treatment must occur during work hours
- Employers must grant leave for workers' compensation treatment during work hours unless a legitimate business necessity requires rescheduling to a different time or day
- Employers who deny treatment leave requests without valid business necessity, or who discharge, threaten, or discriminate against employees for requesting or taking such leave, are guilty of a misdemeanor
- Leave taken for workers' compensation treatment runs concurrently with federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and California Family Rights Act leave if the employee qualifies for those programs
- "Business necessity" is defined as an overriding legitimate business purpose essential to safe and efficient operations, with no feasible alternative to denying the leave request
Legislative Description
Workers’ compensation: medical treatment.
Last Action
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
4/22/2026
Committee Referrals
Appropriations4/22/2026
Insurance3/9/2026
Full Bill Text
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