Workers' compensation; occupational disease presumptions.
Summary
Workers' compensation; occupational diseasepresumptions. Adds correctional officers and full-time swornmembers of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehiclesto the list of public safety employees who are entitled to presumptionsthat hypertension, heart disease, and certain infectious diseasesare occupational diseases compensable under the Virginia Workers'Compensation Act.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 3, 2020
Last action Jan 13, 2020
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
4
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0
Committee
1
Jan 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 3, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102384D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JB
John Bell
DDemocratic
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