2011 SESSION

Convened January 12, 2011 -

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

(P) Passed (F) Failed (V) Vetoed (I) Incoporated into other legislation

(C) Carried over from 2010 Session (CD) Carried over but died in committee on or before 12/2/2010

Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; prohibits Workers’ Compensation Commission from awarding attorney fees or other expenses incurred by any physician, etc., in a proceeding. Amending § 38.2-5009. (Patron-Phillips, HB 2170 (Chapter 84))

Workers’ compensation; adds methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to list of infectious diseases that are presumed to be an occupational disease compensable thereunder. Amending § 65.2-402.1. (Patron-Herring, HB 2087 (F))

Workers’ compensation; compensable consequences. Amending §§ 65.2-601, 65.2-603, and 65.2-708. (Patron-Reynolds, SB 759 (F))

Workers’ compensation; employer liability for medical services. Amending § 65.2-605. (Patron-Puckett, SB 367 (CD))

Workers’ compensation; health care provider rendering medical services outside State to an injured worker whose claim and injuries have been accepted as compensable shall be reimbursed for medical treatment in an amount equal to fee schedule. Amending § 65.2-605. (Patron-Merricks, HB 1326 (CD))

Workers’ compensation; increases number of full-time farm and horticultural laborers an employee may have in service and remain exempt from requirements thereof. Amending § 65.2-101. (Patron-Wright, HB 2401 (Chapter 665))

Workers’ compensation; modifications to employee’s home and automobile. Amending § 65.2-603. (Patron-Lewis, HB 1705 (Chapter 656))

Workers’ compensation; occupational disease presumption for police officers of Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and Norfolk Airport Authority. Amending § 65.2-402.1. (Patron-Miller, P.J., HB 1812 (Chapter 211))

Workers’ compensation; presumption that certain injuries are work related. Adding § 65.2-105. (Patron-Ware, O., HB 1475 (Chapter 229); Edwards, SB 823 (Chapter 304))

Workers’ compensation coverage; revises requirements for determining coal worker’s pneumoconiosis. Amending §§ 65.2-406 and 65.2-504. (Patron-Phillips, HB 2477 (Chapter 513))