California Gov. Jerry Brown signaled support Friday for reducing the cost to state businesses of the state's workers' compensation program by signing two bills approved by the industry while vetoing four other bills passed by the legislature that the industry opposed.

One bill Brown signed is AB 378, which brings compound drugs under the pharmacy fee schedule. The bill passed the legislature Sept. 9.

These drugs are mostly dispensed by the physicians who provide services to injured workers and were previously exempt from the state's pharmacy fee schedule, according to Mark Sektnan, president of the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC).

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