Virginia House Bill 2322 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-19 - Tabled in Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder' law-enforcement officers, firefighters, and dispatchers. Provides that an anxiety disorder or depressive disorder, as both are defined in the bill, incurred by a law-enforcement officer, correctional officer, firefighter, or dispatcher is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act on the same basis as post-traumatic stress disorder. The bill adds dispatchers and correctional officers to the list of individuals for whom the workers' compensation presumption for post-traumatic stress disorder applies. The bill provides that a mental health professional must diagnose the covered individual as suffering from anxiety disorder or depressive disorder as a result of a qualifying event, defined in the bill as an incident or exposure occurring in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2020, for post-traumatic stress disorder and on or after July 1, 2023, for anxiety disorder or depressive disorder, and includes other conditions for compensability. The bill requires employers of law-enforcement officers and dispatchers to provide resilience and self-care technique training beginning July 1, 2023. The bill also adds mental health professionals to certain provisions that currently apply to physicians and surgeons.

Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, etc., incurred by law-enforcement officers.

Del. Ellen Campbell [R]

2023-01-19 - House - House: Tabled in Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-19	House	Tabled in Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N)
2023-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-01-12	House	Presented and ordered printed 23100925D
2023-01-12	House	Unanimous consent to introduce

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
65	2	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
65	2	107	(n/a)	See Bill Text
65	2	603	(n/a)	See Bill Text
65	2	605	(n/a)	See Bill Text
65	2	606	(n/a)	See Bill Text
65	2	607	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2322
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2322+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2322F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H23V0020+HB2322