Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19. (HB1985)
Introduced By
Del. Chris Hurst (D-Blacksburg) with support from co-patrons Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), and Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19. Establishes a presumption that COVID-19 causing the death or disability of health care providers is an occupational disease compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act. The bill provides that the COVID-19 virus is established by a positive diagnostic test for COVID-19, an incubation period consistent with COVID-19, and signs and symptoms of COVID-19 that require medical treatment. The bill provides that such presumption applies to any death or disability occurring on or after March 12, 2020, caused by infection from the COVID-19 virus, provided that for any such death or disability that occurred on or after March 12, 2020, and prior to December 31, 2021, the claimant received a positive diagnosis of COVID-19 from a licensed physician, after either a presumptive positive test or a laboratory-confirmed test for COVID-19, and presented with signs and symptoms of COVID-19 that required medical treatment. The bill provides that such presumptions do not apply to any person offered by his employer a vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 unless the person's physician determines in writing that immunization would pose a significant risk to the person's health. Read the Bill »
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Status
02/04/2021: In Committee
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/11/2021 | Committee |
| 01/11/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101723D |
| 01/11/2021 | Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce |
| 01/14/2021 | Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| 01/19/2021 | House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/19/2021 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/19/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) |
| 01/21/2021 | Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/21/2021 | Committee substitute printed 21103301D-H1 |
| 01/21/2021 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 01/22/2021 | Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government |
| 01/25/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1985H1) |
| 01/29/2021 | House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/29/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) |
| 01/29/2021 | Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/01/2021 | Read first time |
| 02/02/2021 | Read second time |
| 02/02/2021 | Committee on Labor and Commerce substitute agreed to 21103301D-H1 |
| 02/02/2021 | Committee on Appropriations amendments agreed to |
| 02/02/2021 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1985EH1 |
| 02/02/2021 | Printed as engrossed 21103301D-EH1 |
| 02/03/2021 | Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 1-A) |
| 02/03/2021 | VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
| 02/04/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1985EH1) |
| 02/04/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/04/2021 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 02/05/2021 | Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |