Virginia Senate Bill 1342 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-02 - Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19. Establishes a presumption that COVID-19 causing the death or disability of firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, law-enforcement officers, and correctional officers 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 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.

Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19.

Sen. Jill Vogel [R]

2021-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	Senate	Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations
2021-01-25	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2021-01-25	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
2021-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2021-01-12	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101518D

SB1375 (Similar To) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote
SB1375 (Similar To) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
65	2	402.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SB1342
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1342+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1342F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S02V0033+SB1342
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S05V0105+SB1342