TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 8000-22980›DIVISION 5. PERSONNEL 18000-22980›PART 5. THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE ACT 22750-22948›CHAPTER 2. Recovery of Medical Costs 22945-22948

§ 22945

California Government Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to establish the rights of the California Association of Highway Patrolmen Health Benefits Trust, the Peace Officers Research Association of California Health Benefits Trust, and the California Correctional Peace Officer Association Health Benefits Trust to recover medical costs paid to a participant for injuries, including injuries that result in death, caused by or allegedly caused by a third party.

(b) This chapter does not apply if the participant is injured in the course and scope of his or her employment. In those cases, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 3850) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code governs.

(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 69, Sec. 22. Effective June 24, 2004.)

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