California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4.5 - Division of Workers' Compensation
Subchapter 1.5 - Injuries on or After January 1, 1990
Article 7.5 - Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit
Section 10133.56 - Requirement to Issue Supplemental Job Displacement Nontransferable Training Voucher

(a) This section and section 10133.57 shall only apply to injuries occurring between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2012, inclusive.

(b) The employee shall be eligible for the Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit when:

(c) When the requirements under subdivision (b) have been met, the claims administrator shall provide a nontransferable voucher for education-related retraining or skill enhancement or both to the employee within 25 calendar days from the issuance of the permanent partial disability award by the workers' compensation administrative law judge or the appeals board.

(d) The voucher shall be issued to the employee allowing direct reimbursement to the employee upon the employee's presentation to the claims administrator of documentation and receipts or as a direct payment to the provider of the education related training or skill enhancement and/or to the VRTWC.

(e) The voucher must indicate the appropriate level of money available to the employee in compliance with Labor Code section 4658.5.

(f) The mandatory voucher form is set forth in Section 10133.57.

(g) The voucher shall certify that the school is approved pursuant to section 10133.58.

(h) The claims administrator shall issue the reimbursement payments to the employee or direct payments to the VRTWC and the training providers within 45 calendar days from receipt of the completed voucher, receipts and documentation.