TO MODIFY CERTAIN ATTORNEY FEES FOR CONTROVERTED MEDICAL EXPENSES, APPEALS, AND CHANGES OF PHYSICIANS UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW THAT RESULTED FROM INITIATED MEASURE 1948, NO. 4.

SB 287 modifies the attorney fees allowed in specific workers' compensation cases. The bill particularly addresses fees related to controverted medical expenses, appeals, and requests for changes of physicians. It sets a maximum attorney fee of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for benefits in these situations. These changes are applied within the existing Workers' Compensation Law framework that stemmed from Initiated Measure 1948, No. 4.