Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19. (HB1985)
Introduced By
Del. Chris Hurst (D-Blacksburg) with support from 29 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Dawn Adams (D-Richmond), Del. Alex Askew (D-Virginia Beach), Del. Hala Ayala (D-Woodbridge), Del. Jeff Bourne (D-Richmond), Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Lee Carter (D-Manassas), Del. Josh Cole (D-Fredericksburg), Del. Matt Fariss (R-Rustburg), Del. Elizabeth Guzman (D-Dale City), Del. Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax Station), Del. Charniele Herring (D-Alexandria), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Sally Hudson (D-Charlottesville), Del. Clinton Jenkins (D-Suffolk), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Candi King (D-Woodbridge), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D-Herndon), Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church), Del. Shelly Simonds (D-Newport News), Del. Vivian Watts (D-Annandale), Sen. Lashrecse D. Aird (D-Petersburg), Del. Angelia Williams Graves (D-Norfolk), Sen. Danica Roem (D-Manassas), Sen. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Ashburn)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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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 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 July 1, 2020, either of the following criteria must be met, and on or after July 1, 2020, and prior to December 31, 2021, both of the following criteria must be met: (i) the claimant received a positive diagnosis of COVID-19 from a licensed physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant after either a presumptive positive test or a laboratory-confirmed test for COVID-19 and (ii) the claimant 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 is immunized or 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
03/31/2021: signed by governor
History
Date | Action |
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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) |
02/15/2021 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
02/15/2021 | Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/15/2021 | Committee substitute printed 21200277D-S1 |
02/15/2021 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
02/17/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/17/2021 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/18/2021 | Read third time |
02/18/2021 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/18/2021 | Committee substitute agreed to 21200277D-S1 |
02/18/2021 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1985S1 |
02/18/2021 | Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/18/2021 | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/18/2021 | Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/22/2021 | Placed on Calendar |
02/22/2021 | Senate substitute rejected by House 21200277D-S1 (0-Y 95-N 2-A) |
02/22/2021 | VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 95-N 2-A) |
02/23/2021 | Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) |
02/23/2021 | Senate requested conference committee |
02/24/2021 | House acceded to request |
02/24/2021 | Conferees appointed by House |
02/24/2021 | Delegates: Hurst, Jones, Kilgore |
02/25/2021 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
02/25/2021 | Senators: Deeds, Norment, Edwards |
02/25/2021 | C Amended by conference committee |
02/25/2021 | Conference substitute printed 21200647D-H2 |
02/25/2021 | Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 2-A) |
02/25/2021 | VOTE: Agreed To (95-Y 0-N 2-A) |
02/27/2021 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) |
02/27/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1985H2) |
03/09/2021 | Enrolled |
03/09/2021 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1985ER) |
03/09/2021 | Signed by President |
03/11/2021 | Signed by Speaker |
03/12/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1985ER) |
03/15/2021 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021 |
03/15/2021 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
03/31/2021 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 507 (effective 7/1/21) |
03/31/2021 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0507) |