VA HB156 | 2010 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: House Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 5 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: House Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Workers' compensation; occupational disease presumption. Expands the presumption that specific types of cancers in firefighters and certain other public safety employees are occupational diseases compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act to include kidney cancer and any other type of cancer that results from the inhalation, ingestion, or absorption of a toxic substance. A toxic substance is currently defined as a known or suspected carcinogen, as defined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, that causes, or is suspected to cause, leukemia or pancreatic, prostate, rectal, throat, ovarian, or breast cancer.
Title
Workers' compensation; occupational disease presumption.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2010-02-04 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (9-Y 2-N) (Y: 9 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2010-02-16 | House: Left in Commerce and Labor | |
2010-02-04 | House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (9-Y 2-N) | |
2010-01-15 | House: Assigned C & L sub: #2 | |
2010-01-05 | House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor | |
2010-01-05 | House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101662D |