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AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 23, 2014 <br /> CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE-2013-14 REGULAR SESSION <br /> ASSEMBLY BILL No. 2378 <br /> Introduced by Assembly Member Perea <br /> (Coauthors:Assembly Members Ian Calderon,Dababneh,Frazier, <br /> Gonzalez, V Manuel Perez, and Wieckowski) <br /> February 21, 2014 <br /> An act to amend Section 4656 of the Labor Code,relating to workers' <br /> compensation. <br /> LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST <br /> AB 2378, as amended, Perea. Workers' compensation: temporary <br /> disability payments. <br /> Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, <br /> administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' <br /> Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries arising out of <br /> and in the course of his or her employment. Existing law requires that <br /> aggregate disability payments for a single injury occurring on or after <br /> certain dates be limited, as provided. <br /> Existing law provides that whenever any member of the Department <br /> of Justice falling within the state peace officer/firefighter class is <br /> disabled by injury arising out of and in the course of his or her duties, <br /> he or she shall become entitled,regardless of his or her period of service <br /> with the Department of Justice to a leave of absence while so disabled <br /> without loss of salary, in lieu of disability payments under this chapter, <br /> for a period not exceeding one year. Existing law also provides that <br /> certain peace officers, firefighters, and other specified state and local <br /> public employees are entitled to a leave of absence without loss of salary <br /> 98 <br />