HB2688: Workers' compensation; benefits paid to unauthorized aliens.

Chief Patron

Del. Jack Reid (R-72)

Jack Reid (R-72)
Richmond, VA
Served: 1990–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

Bill is Dead

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Summary

Workers' compensation; benefits paid to unauthorized aliens; penalties.  Makes an employer, rather than the employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier, liable for payment of workers' compensation benefits payable to an unauthorized alien. In addition, an employer is required to promptly reimburse a third party that has paid benefits to an unauthorized alien for payments it has made to the injured alien. An employer that verified the work authorization status of the injured worker, through use of the Basic Pilot Program operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security, is exempt from these provisions. In addition, if an unauthorized alien who is eligible for disability is inadmissible to the United States under federal immigration law, the payor of the disability benefits shall require the unauthorized alien to present himself in person at a bank or financial institution located within a foreign country before receiving disability payments. A person violating these provisions is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor and subject to a civil penalty of $25,000.