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SB531

Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.

Status:
Consolidated

Chief Patron:
Jill Vogel (R)

Session:
2020 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.

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. (Less)
  • Bill History

  • 01/07/2020 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102297D
  • 01/07/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
  • 01/13/2020 - Senate: Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (SB9-Saslaw) (15-Y 0-N)