Workers' compensation: rehabilitation.

Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of employment. Existing law requires a public agency, its insurance carrier, and the Department of Rehabilitation to jointly formulate procedures to select and refer injured full-time public employees for rehabilitation services and retraining for other positions in public service. This bill would require the Department of Rehabilitation to issue a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2022, and every 5 years thereafter, that outlines the extent to which injured full-time public employees were rehabilitated or retrained and rehired for other available positions in public service.