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Virginia—Legislative Activity

Posted Date: June 21, 2023
    
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Industry InformationLegislative Activity

​NCCI's Legislative Activity Page is provided "As Is", solely as a reference tool to be used for informational purposes only. This page contains summaries of various workers compensation related bills as initially drafted, which are subject to change and frequently do. The end user is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the information contained herein prior to use for any purpose. The information on this page shall not be construed or interpreted as providing legal or any other advice.

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Requires, after the first occurrence of a failure to timely pay compensation under the Virginia Workers Compensation Act and upon the occurrence of any subsequent or successive failure to pay compensation, that an additional penalty be added to the unpaid compensation amount in an amount that increases from $100 for the first subsequent failure to pay compensation to $500 for the fifth and any subsequent failures to pay compensation.
House6/8/2023HB 1966Failed2023
Requires each employer subject to the Virginia Workers Compensation Act to provide notice to covered employees of the employees' right to dispute the denial of a claim through the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission; specifies the language of such notice; provides that an employer that fails to provide such notice may be subject to the civil penalty provisions of the Virginia Workers Compensation Act.
Senate6/8/2023SB 1037Failed2023
Allows dispatchers to claim workers compensation benefits relating to post-traumatic stress disorder under the Virginia Workers Compensation Act.
Senate6/8/2023SB 1088Failed2023
Relates to premium discounts for employers providing high-quality work-based learning experiences.
House6/8/2023HB 2002Failed2023
Relates to workers compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers, firefighters, and dispatchers.
House6/8/2023HB 2322Failed2023
Provides that, subject to approval of the State Corporation Commission, two or more workers compensation group self-insurance associations may merge if the resulting group self-insurance association assumes in full all obligations of the merged group self-insurance associations.
House3/27/2023HB 2418Enacted2023
Changes references to certain practitioners in the Code to advanced practice registered nurse in order to align the Code with the professional designations established by the Consensus Model for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Regulation established by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
Senate3/24/2023SB 975Enacted2023
Expands the workers compensation presumption of compensability for certain cancers causing the death or disability of certain employees who have completed five years of service in their position to include bladder and thyroid cancer. The presumption for these cancers does not apply for any individual diagnosed with such a condition before July 1, 2023.
House3/23/2023HB 1408Enacted2023
Expands the workers compensation presumption of compensability for certain cancers causing the death or disability of certain employees who have completed five years of service in their position to include (i) arson investigators or bomb investigators employed by the Department of State Police and (ii) members of the State Police Officers' Retirement System who collect, analyze, or handle hazardous materials, infectious biological substances and radiological agents, fentanyl, or methamphetamine.
House3/23/2023HB 1410Enacted2023
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, except in the case of responding to crime scenes for investigation. Provides that a mental health professional must diagnose the covered individual as suffering from anxiety disorder or depressive disorder as a result of a qualifying event, defined in the bill as an incident or exposure occurring in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2023, and includes other conditions for compensability.
Senate3/23/2023SB 904Enacted2023
Expands the workers compensation presumption of compensability for certain cancers causing the death or disability of certain employees who have completed five years of service in their position to include bladder and thyroid cancer. The presumption for these cancers does not apply for any individual diagnosed with such a condition before July 1, 2023.
Senate3/23/2023SB 906Enacted2023
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, except in the case of responding to crime scenes for investigation. The bill provides that a mental health professional must diagnose the covered individual as suffering from anxiety disorder or depressive disorder as a result of a qualifying event, defined in the bill as an incident or exposure occurring in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2023, and includes other conditions for compensability.
House3/23/2023HB 1775Enacted2023
Expands the workers compensation presumption of compensability for certain cancers causing the death or disability of certain employees who have completed five years of service in their position to include (i) arson investigators or bomb investigators employed by the Department of State Police and (ii) members of the State Police Officers' Retirement System who collect, analyze, or handle hazardous materials, infectious biological substances and radiological agents, fentanyl, or methamphetamine.
Senate3/23/2023SB 1038Enacted2023
Allows dispatchers to claim workers compensation benefits relating to post-traumatic stress disorder under the Virginia Workers Compensation Act.

House2/8/2023HB 1631Failed2023
Provides that, for the purposes of the Virginia Workers Compensation Act, "occupational disease" includes injuries or diseases from conditions resulting from repetitive and sustained physical stressors, including repetitive and sustained motions, exertions, posture stresses, contact stresses, vibrations, or noises; provides that such injuries or diseases are covered under the Act and that such coverage does not require that the injuries or diseases occurred over a particular time period, provided that such time period can be reasonably identified.
House2/8/2023HB 1763Failed2023
Establishes a workers compensation presumption for back, hip, knee, and neck injuries that cause the death or disability of law-enforcement officers who have completed five years of service and are required to wear a duty belt as a condition of employment.
House2/8/2023HB 1905Failed2023
Extends from December 31, 2021, to December 31, 2022, the date by which COVID-19 causing the death or disability of a health care provider is presumed to be an occupational disease compensable under the Workers Compensation Act.
House4/12/2022HB 932Enacted2022
Provides that the time period for filing a workers compensation claim for certain cancers is two years after a diagnosis of the disease is first communicated to the employee or within 10 years from the date of the last injurious exposure in employment, whichever first occurs; provides, however, that such claim for benefits shall be barred if an employee is 65 years of age or older, regardless of the date of diagnosis, communication, or last injurious exposure in employment.
House4/12/2022HB 1042Enacted2022
Requires compensation for permanent and total incapacity to be awarded for the loss of both hands, both arms, both feet, both legs, both eyes, or any two thereof either from the same accident or a compensable consequence of an injury sustained in the original accident.
Senate4/12/2022SB 351Enacted2022
Provides that the time period for filing a workers compensation claim for certain cancers is two years after a diagnosis of the disease is first communicated to the employee or within 10 years from the date of the last injurious exposure in employment, whichever first occurs; provides, however, that such claim for benefits shall be barred if an employee is 65 years of age or older, regardless of the date of diagnosis, communication, or last injurious exposure in employment.
Senate4/12/2022SB 562Enacted2022
 Relates to employer duty to furnish medical attention; cost limit.
House4/11/2022HB 689Enacted2022
Provides that cost-of-living supplements shall be payable to claimants who are receiving disability benefits under the Virginia Workers Compensation Act but are not receiving federal disability benefits.
Senate4/8/2022SB 677Enacted2022
Requests the Workers Compensation Commission to study the practice of charging workers compensation premiums on bonus pay, vacation time, and holidays.
House3/10/2022HJ 11Passed Both Chambers2022
Provides that the presumption that COVID-19 causing the death or disability of certain employees is an occupational disease compensable under the Virginia Workers Compensation Act; does not apply to an individual who fails or refuses to receive a vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 either approved by or with an Emergency Use Authorization issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, unless the person is immunized or the person's physician determines in writing that the immunization would pose a significant risk to the person's health.

Senate3/9/2022SB 181Failed2022
Requires each employer subject to the Virginia Workers Compensation Act to provide notice to covered employees of the employees' right to dispute a claim through the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission; such notice must include specific text as included in the bill; provides that an employer who fails to provide such notice may be subject to the civil penalty provisions of the Virginia Workers Compensation Act.
Senate3/9/2022SB 226Failed2022
Provides that an anxiety disorder or depressive disorder 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; 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 and includes other conditions for compensability.
Senate3/9/2022SB 289Failed2022
In part, requires under the Workers Compensation Act, in order to determine the cause of a workplace accident that harmed an employee, an employer to require post-accident drug testing for the use of a nonprescribed controlled substance of any employee whose conduct could have contributed to the accident; prohibits an insurer from providing premium discounts for a drug-free workplace to an employer unless the employer has policies in place requiring such post-accident drug testing.
House2/16/2022HB 153Failed2022
Provides that the occupational disease presumption for death caused by hypertension or heart disease will apply for full-time sworn members of the Department of Motor Vehicles Law Enforcement Division who have at least five years of service.
House2/16/2022HB 926Failed2022
Extends by one year the December 31, 2021, expiration date of the presumption that COVID-19 causing the death or disability of health care providers is an occupational disease compensable under the Workers Compensation Act, if certain conditions for diagnosis are met; adds employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Corrections to the COVID-19 presumption for workers compensation, if diagnosed with COVID-19 before January 1, 2022; adds correctional officers to the list of employees for whom hypertension or heart disease is considered covered for workers compensation, if diagnosed with hypertension or heart disease before January 1, 2022.
House2/16/2022HB 995Failed2022
Provides that, for the purposes of the Virginia Workers Compensation Act, "occupational disease" includes injuries from conditions resulting from repetitive and sustained physical stressors, including repetitive and sustained motions, exertions, posture stress, contact stresses, vibration, or noise; provides that such injuries are covered under the Act.; such coverage does not require that the injuries occurred over a particular time period under the bill, provided that such a period can be reasonably identified.
House2/16/2022HB 1002Failed2022
Provides that an employee is not barred from receiving workers compensation benefits due to a failure to market residual work capacity if credible evidence supports that the employee (i) is reasonably unemployable based upon age, education, work history, or medical conditions or (ii) is employable in some capacity and has registered with the Virginia Employment Commission.
House2/16/2022HB 730Failed2022
Reduces from five to three the years of service required for firefighters and certain other employees to qualify for the cancer presumption of an occupational disease for the purposes of workers compensation.

House2/16/2022HB 1056Failed2022
Provides that individuals who are engaged in providing domestic service are not excluded from the Virginia Workers Compensation Act.
House2/16/2022HB 1196Failed2022
Provides that an anxiety disorder or depressive disorder 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; 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.
House2/16/2022HB 742Failed2022
Relates to workers compensation; presumption as to death or disability from COVID-19.
Senate4/8/2021SB 1375Enacted2021
Relates to workers compensation; presumption as to death or disability from COVID-19.
House4/8/2021HB 2207Enacted2021
Provides that the occupational disease presumption for death caused by hypertension or heart disease will apply for salaried or volunteer emergency medical services personnel who have at least five years of service and are operating in a locality that has legally adopted a resolution declaring that it will provide one or more of such presumptions. The provisions of the bill do not apply to any individual who was diagnosed with hypertension or heart disease before July 1, 2021.
House4/2/2021HB 1818Enacted2021
Relates to workers compensation; presumption as to death or disability of health care providers from COVID-19.
House4/2/2021HB 1985Enacted2021
Relates to the employees providing domestic service; application of laws applicable to employee safety.
House4/2/2021HB 2032Enacted2021
Relates to employee classification: disaster; personal protective equipment.
House4/2/2021HB 2134Enacted2021
Provides that the occupational disease presumption for death caused by hypertension or heart disease will apply for salaried or volunteer emergency medical services personnel who have at least five years of service and are operating in a locality that has legally adopted a resolution declaring that it will provide one or more of such presumptions. The provisions of the bill do not apply to any individual who was diagnosed with hypertension or heart disease before July 1, 2021
Senate4/2/2021SB 1275Enacted2021
Relates to workers compensation; claims not barred.
Senate4/2/2021SB 1351Enacted2021
In part, removes obsolete and duplicative provisions, and improves the structure and clarity of statutes pertaining to the administration of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, underground and surface coal mining, underground and surface mineral mines, the Virginia Gas and Oil Act, energy from wind, solar, geothermal, and nuclear sources, and energy policy.
Senate3/30/2021SB 1453Enacted2021
Prohibits an employer or other person from discharging or taking other retaliatory action against an employee if such action is motivated by the knowledge or belief that the employee has filed a claim or taken or intends to take certain actions under the Virginia Workers Compensation Act.
House2/5/2021HB 1754In Senate Committee2021
Adds full-time, salaried emergency medical services personnel employed by any locality that has authorized such presumption by ordinance to the list of persons to whom, after five years of service, the occupational disease presumption for death caused by hypertension or heart disease applies.
House1/15/2021HB 2080In House Committee2021
Provides that, for the purposes of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act, "occupational disease" includes injuries from conditions resulting from repetitive and sustained physical stressors, including repetitive and sustained motions, exertions, posture stress, contact stresses, vibration, or noise. The bill provides that such injuries are covered under the Act. Such coverage does not require that the injuries occurred over a particular period, provided that such a period can be reasonably identified and documented and further provided that the employment is shown to have primarily caused the injury, considering all causes.
House1/15/2021HB 2228In House Committee2021
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; 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; 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.
Senate1/14/2021SB 1342In Senate Committee2021
Establishes a presumption that COVID-19 causing the death or disability of firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, law-enforcement officers, first responders, health care providers, and school board employees is an occupational diseases compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act; provisions will be effective retroactive to January 1, 2020.
House9/10/2020HB 5028 In Senate Committee2020
Establishes a presumption that COVID-19 causing the death or disability of firefighters or other certain employees is an occupational disease compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act.
Senate8/19/2020SB 5022In Senate Committee2020
Establishes a presumption that COVID-19 causing the death or disability of firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, law-enforcement officers, first responders, and health care providers is an occupational disease compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act; provisions will be effective retroactive to January 1, 2020.
Senate8/19/2020SB 5066In Senate Committee2020
Establishes a presumption that COVID-19 causing the death or disability of firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, law-enforcement officers, first responders, and health care providers are occupational diseases compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act; provisions will be effective retroactive to January 1, 2020.
Senate8/19/2020SB 5097In Senate Committee2020
Establishes a presumption that COVID-19 causing the death or disability of firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, law-enforcement officers, first responders, and health care providers is an occupational diseases compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act; provisions will be effective retroactive to January 1, 2020.
Senate8/19/2020SB 5104In Senate Committee2020
In part, provides that post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act if a mental health professional examines a law-enforcement officer or firefighter and diagnoses the individual as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the individual's undergoing a qualifying event, which includes an event occurring in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2020, in which a law-enforcement officer or firefighter views a deceased minor, witnesses the death of a person or an incident involving the death of a person, witnesses an injury to a person who subsequently dies, has physical contact with and treats an injured person who subsequently dies, transports an injured person who subsequently dies, or witnesses a traumatic physical injury that results in the loss of a vital body part or a vital body function that results in permanent disfigurement of the victim. The measure also establishes procedural requirements on employers that contest a claim for such benefits and requirements for resilience and self-care technique training.
House4/27/2020HB 438Enacted2020
Provides that post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act if a mental health professional examines a law-enforcement officer or firefighter and diagnoses the individual as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the individual's undergoing a qualifying event, defined as an incident or exposure occurring in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2020, (i) resulting in serious bodily injury or death to any person or persons (ii) involving a minor who has been injured, killed, abused, or exploited, (iii) involving an immediate threat to life of the claimant or another individual, (iv) involving mass casualties, or (v) responding to crime scenes for investigation. Other conditions for compensability include (i) if the post-traumatic stress disorder resulted from the law-enforcement officer or firefighter acting in the line of duty and, in the case of a firefighter, such firefighter complied with certain federal Occupational Safety and Health Act standards; (ii) if the law-enforcement officer's or firefighter's undergoing a qualifying event was a substantial factor in causing his post-traumatic stress disorder; (iii) if such qualifying event, and not another event or source of stress, was the primary cause of the post-traumatic stress disorder; and (iv) if the post-traumatic stress disorder did not result from any disciplinary action, work evaluation, job transfer, layoff, demotion, promotion, termination, retirement, or similar action of the officer or firefighter. The measure also establishes requirements for resilience and self-care technique training.
Senate4/27/2020SB 561Enacted2020
Directs the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission to engage an independent and reputable national research organization  to examine the implications of covering workers injuries caused by repetitive motion through the Virginia workers compensation system.
House4/22/2020HB 617Enacted2020
Adds correctional officers and full-time sworn members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles to the list of public safety employees who are entitled to a presumption that certain infectious diseases are compensable occupational diseases.
Senate4/16/2020SB 345Enacted2020
In part, provides that individuals who are engaged in providing domestic service are not excluded from employee protection laws, laws regarding payment of wages, the Virginia Minimum Wage Act, the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act, and the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.
Senate4/16/2020SB 804Enacted2020
Requires an employer whose employee has filed a claim under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act to advise the employee whether the employer intends to accept or deny the claim or is unable to make such a determination because it lacks sufficient information from the employee. If the employer is unable to make such a determination because it lacks sufficient information from the employee, the employer shall so state and identify the needed additional information. If the employer intends to deny the claim, it shall provide the reasons.
House4/15/2020HB 46Enacted2020
Adds correctional officers to the list of public safety employees who are entitled to a presumption that certain infectious diseases are compensable occupational diseases.

House4/15/2020HB 169Enacted2020
Prohibits an employer from classifying an individual as an independent contractor if he is an employee. An individual shall be considered an employee of the party that pays the remuneration for purposes of Titles 40.1 (Labor and Employment), 58.1 (Taxation), 60.2 (Unemployment Compensation), and 65.2 (Workers' Compensation) unless and until it is shown to the satisfaction of the Department of Taxation that such individual is an independent contractor under Internal Revenue Service guidelines. Violators are subject to civil penalties and debarment from public contracts. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021.
House4/10/2020HB 1407Enacted2020
Prohibits an employer from classifying an individual as an independent contractor if he is an employee. An individual shall be considered an employee of the party that pays the remuneration for purposes of Titles 40.1 (Labor and Employment), 58.1 (Taxation), 60.2 (Unemployment Compensation), and 65.2 (Workers' Compensation) unless and until it is shown to the satisfaction of the Department of Taxation that such individual is an independent contractor under Internal Revenue Service guidelines. Violators are subject to civil penalties and debarment from public contracts.
Senate4/10/2020SB 744Enacted2020
Authorizes the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission to create an Ombudsman program and appoint an ombudsman to administer such program. The program's purpose will be to provide neutral educational information and assistance to persons who are not represented by an attorney, including those persons who have claims pending or docketed before the Commission.
House4/10/2020HB 1558Enacted2020
Adds cancers of the colon, brain, or testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firefighters and certain employees develop the cancer. The measure removes the compensability requirement that the employee who develops cancer had contact with a toxic substance encountered in the line of duty.
Senate4/6/2020SB 9Enacted2020
Adds cancers of the colon, brain, or testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firefighters or certain employees develop the cancer. The measure removes the compensability requirement that the employee who develops cancer had contact with a toxic substance encountered in the line of duty.
House4/6/2020HB 783Enacted2020
Requires the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission to review and adjust the Virginia fee schedules annually. Under current law, such review is required biennially. The bill also requires the Commission, in its review conducted in 2020, to adjust the fee schedules to reflect the inflation or deflation for the years 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2020.
Senate1/29/2020SB 227Failed
Relates to election of a Supreme Court of Virginia Justice, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges.

House1/28/2020HJR 161Passed
In part, provides that, for purposes of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act, an inmate is an employee of the entity operating the correctional facility where the inmate participates in any work program during his incarceration.
House1/24/2020HB 1543In House Committee
Relates to employees providing domestic service; application of laws applicable to employment, unemployment benefits, and workers compensation.
House1/22/2020HB 1730In House Committee
Provides that an employee who suffers a psychological injury from sudden shock and fright that arises out of and in the course of any employment shall have a compensable claim under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act regardless of whether the incident that caused the sudden shock and fright is either a normal or expected part of the employee's work.
House1/20/2020HB 1596In House Committee
Establishes a presumption that hypertension or heart disease causing the death or disability of full-time salaried police dispatchers is an occupational disease compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act.
House1/14/2020HB 649In House Committee
Adds cancers of the colon, brain, or testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firefighters and certain employees develop the cancer. The measure removes the compensability requirement that the employee who develops cancer had contact with a toxic substance encountered in the line of duty.
House1/14/2020HB 733In House Committee
Prohibits a contractor from classifying an individual who performs delivery services or construction labor services for the contractor as the contractor's independent contractor if he is an employee of the contractor. An individual performing such services for a contractor shall be presumed to be an employee of the contractor unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry that (i) the individual has been and will continue to be free from control or direction over the performance of the services performed by the individual for wages, both under his contract of service and in fact; (ii) the services are either outside the usual course of the business for which such services are performed or such services are performed outside of all the places of business of the enterprise for which such services are performed; and (iii) such individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession, or business. Other factors applicable to such a determination in the case of an individual performing construction labor services are whether the individual maintained a workplace that is subject to inspection pursuant to occupational safety and health laws and whether the individual has been assigned an experience rating tax rate for purposes of unemployment compensation. Violators are subject to civil penalties and debarment from public contracts. The measure requires a contractor entering into a public contract to provide an affidavit, under penalty of perjury, attesting that (a) each individual performing delivery services or construction labor services is properly classified; (b) the contractor has completed a federal I-9 immigration form and has such form on file for each employee; (c) the contractor has complied with requirements for participation with the E-verify program for each employee; (d) the contractor has no reasonable basis to believe that any individual performing services for such contractor is an undocumented worker; and (e) the contractor is not barred from contracting with the public body.
House1/14/2020HB 801In House Committee
Adds cancers of the colon, brain, or testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firefighters or certain employees develop the cancer. Removes the compensability requirement that the employee who develops cancer had contact with a toxic substance encountered in the line of duty.
House1/13/2020HB 44In House Committee
Prohibits an employer or other person from discharging an employee if the discharge is motivated to any extent by knowledge or belief that the employee has filed a claim or taken or intends to take certain other actions under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. Currently, retaliatory discharges are prohibited only if the employer or other person discharged an employee solely because the employee has taken or intends to take such an action.
House1/13/2020HB 45In House Committee
Provides that an injured employee is eligible for benefits under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when a compensable accident happens while the employee is employed outside Virginia if (i) the employment contract was not expressly for services exclusively to be performed outside Virginia and (ii) either the employer's place of business is in Virginia or the employee regularly performs work on the employer's behalf in Virginia and resides in Virginia.
House1/13/2020HB 47In House Committee
Establishes a presumption that hypertension or heart disease causing the death or disability of full-time salaried emergency medical technicians employed by the City of Virginia Beach is an occupational disease compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act.
House1/13/2020HB 52In House Committee
Adds cancers of the colon, brain, or testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firefighters or certain employees develop the cancer. The measure removes the compensability requirement that the employee who develops cancer had contact with a toxic substance encountered in the line of duty.
Senate1/13/2020SB 58In Senate Committee
Adds correctional officers and full-time sworn members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles to the list of public safety employees who are entitled to presumptions that hypertension, heart disease, and certain infectious diseases are occupational diseases compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.
Senate1/13/2020SB 265In Senate Committee
Adds cancers of the colon, brain, or testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firefighters and certain employees develop the cancer. The measure also incorporates some of the recommendations of the 2019 study of the workers' compensation system and disease presumptions conducted by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission by (i) reducing the required number of years of service from 12 to five; (ii) removing the requirement that the employee's years of service be continuous; and (iii) providing that an eligible employee may meet the toxic exposure requirement by demonstrating either exposure to a toxic substance, as is currently required, or participation in responses to fire scenes, either during the fire or afterward as part of clean-up or investigation. The measure also removes the definition of a "toxic substance" as one that is a known or suspected carcinogen as defined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
Senate1/13/2020SB 381In Senate Committee
Adds cancers of the colon, brain, or testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firefighters and certain employees develop the cancer. The measure removes the compensability requirement that the employee who develops cancer had contact with a toxic substance encountered in the line of duty. The measure also removes the definition of a toxic substance as a known or suspected carcinogen, as defined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, that causes or is suspected to cause specific types of cancers for which the presumption of compensability exists.
Senate1/13/2020SB 531In Senate Committee
Establishes a presumption that if certain firefighters, law-enforcement officers, hazardous materials officers, animal protection police officers, or 9-1-1 emergency call takers, dispatchers, or similarly situated employees (i) receive a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from a licensed physician, licensed clinical psychologist, licensed professional counselor, or licensed clinical social worker; (ii) suffer death or any impairment resulting in total or partial disability from work caused by the PTSD; and (iii) receive a statement from such a provider that the PTSD was caused by a single critical event or multiple exposures to critical events that occurred in the course of the employment, then the PTSD is an occupational disease, suffered in the line of duty, that is covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act unless such presumption is overcome by a preponderance of competent evidence to the contrary. The measure provides that a "critical event" includes an event that results in serious injury or death to an individual; deals with a minor who has been injured, killed, abused, exploited, or a victim of a crime; deals with mass casualties; results in injury to or the death of a coworker; involves an immediate threat to the life of the claimant or another individual; or involves the abuse, cruelty, injury, exploitation, or death of an animal.
Senate1/13/2020SB 741In Senate Committee
Adds cancers of the colon, brain, and testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firefighters and certain employees develop the cancer.
House1/13/2020HB 1536In House Committee
Establishes a presumption that hypertension or heart disease causing the death or disability of a full-time sworn member of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles is an occupational disease compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act.
House1/13/2020HB 1542In House Committee
Provides that post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act if a mental health professional examines a law-enforcement officer or firefighter and diagnoses the individual as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the individual's undergoing a qualifying event, which includes an event occurring in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2020, in which a law-enforcement officer or firefighter views a deceased minor, witnesses the death of a person or an incident involving the death of a person, witnesses an injury to a person who subsequently dies, has physical contact with and treats an injured person who subsequently dies, transports an injured person who subsequently dies, or witnesses a traumatic physical injury that results in the loss of a vital body part or a vital body function that results in permanent disfigurement of the victim. Other conditions for compensability include (i) if the post-traumatic stress disorder resulted from the law-enforcement officer or firefighter acting in the line of duty and, in the case of a firefighter, such firefighter complied with certain federal Occupational Safety and Health Act standards; (ii) if the law-enforcement officer's or firefighter's undergoing a qualifying event was a substantial factor in causing his post-traumatic stress disorder; (iii) if such qualifying event, and not another event or source of stress, was the primary cause of the post-traumatic stress disorder; and (iv) if the post-traumatic stress disorder did not result from any disciplinary action, work evaluation, job transfer, layoff, demotion, promotion, termination, retirement, or similar action of the officer or firefighter. The measure establishes procedural requirements on employers that contest a claim for such benefits. The measure also establishes requirements for resilience and self-care technique training.
Senate1/13/2020SB 924In Senate Committee
Adds cancers of the colon, brain, and testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firefighters and certain employees develop the cancer.
House1/10/2020HB 121In House Committee
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