SB1351: Workers' compensation; claims not barred.

SENATE BILL NO. 1351

Offered January 13, 2021
Prefiled January 13, 2021
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 65.2-706.2, relating to workers' compensation; claims not barred.
Patrons-- Lewis and Surovell
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 65.2-706.2 as follows:

§ 65.2-706.2. Claims not barred.

No order issued by the Commission awarding or denying benefits shall bar by res judicata any claim by an employee or cause a waiver, abandonment, or dismissal of any claim by an employee if the order does not expressly adjudicate such claim.