VA SB345 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-01 - Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (5-Y 10-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 11 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-01 - Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (5-Y 10-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Workers' compensation; cost of automobile. Authorizes the Workers' Compensation Commission, in awards entered for incapacity for work and upon determination by the treating physician and the Commission that it is medically necessary, to require an employer to provide up to $42,000 for the purchase by the employee of a suitably equipped automobile. Such payment may be required if modifications to or equipment for the employee's automobile are not appropriate. The provision of funds for an automobile under this measure is separate from the $42,000 aggregate cap on expenses for modifications to or equipment for the employee's automobile and for bedside lifts, adjustable beds, and modification of the employee's principal home consisting of ramps, handrails, doorway alterations, or any appliances prescribed by the treating physician.
Title
Workers' compensation; employer's duty when employee incapable of work.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2016-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (5-Y 10-N) (Y: 5 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-01 | Senate | Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (5-Y 10-N) |
| 2016-02-01 | Senate | Committee substitute printed to Web only16104827D-S1 |
| 2016-01-11 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 2016-01-11 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102147D |
