VA SB565 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-01 - Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-01 - Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. Expands the current list of diseases that are presumed to be an occupational disease compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act if contracted by firefighters and certain officers to include any malignancy or chronic medical condition. The claimant is required to have had an exposure to a toxic substance encountered in the line of duty. The definition of "toxic substance" is expanded to include a substance that causes, or is suspected to cause, a chronic medical condition.
Title
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2016-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2016-02-01 | Senate | Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N) |
2016-01-13 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
2016-01-13 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102391D |