Virginia House Bill 742 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Provides that an anxiety disorder or depressive disorder, as both are defined in the bill, incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act on the same basis as post-traumatic stress disorder. The bill provides that a mental health professional must diagnose the law-enforcement officer or firefighter as suffering from anxiety disorder or depressive disorder as a result of a qualifying event, as defined in the Code, and includes other conditions for compensability.

Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement, etc.

Del. Robert Bell [R]

Del. Michael Mullin [D]

2022-02-01 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Appropriations
2022-02-01	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2022-02-01	House	Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N)
2022-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2022-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
2022-01-26	House	Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101170D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
65	2	107	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB742
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB742+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB742F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H2302V0014+HB0742
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H23V0050+HB0742