2012 SESSION

Convened January 11, 2012
Adjourned sine die March 10, 2012
Reconvened April 18, 2012
Adjourned sine die April 18, 2012

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

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

(C) Carried over

Judges; election in Court of Appeals, circuit court, general district court, juvenile and domestic relations district court, and member of Workers’ Compensation Commission. (Patron-Cline, HJR 533 (F))

Workers’ compensation; benefits shall not be reduced for disabled employee who refuses employment, if he is receiving benefits under Line of Duty Act, etc. Amending § 65.2-510. (Patron-Surovell, HB 661 (F))

Workers’ compensation; establishes occupational disease presumption, law-enforcement officers processing clandestine drug laboratories. Amending § 65.2-402. (Patron-Carrico, SB 328 (F))

Workers’ compensation; exclusion of person from coverage when injury is on or after July 1, 2012, under Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act if there is jurisdiction under either Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act or Merchant Marine Act of 1920. Amending § 65.2-101. (Patron-Ware, R.L., HB 153 (Chapter 654))

Workers’ compensation; injured employee’s choice of pharmacy providers shall not be restricted. Adding § 65.2-603.2. (Patron-Alexander, HB 1190 (C))

Workers’ compensation; injuries presumed to be in course of employment. Amending § 65.2-105. (Patron-Habeeb, HB 137 (Chapter 841))

Workers’ compensation; penalty for State’s failure to pay. Amending § 65.2-524. (Patron-Ware, R.L., HB 453 (Chapter 270); Ware, R.L., HB 454 (F))

Workers’ compensation; presumption as to death or disability of members of enforcement division of DMV. Amending §§ 65.2-402 and 65.2-402.1. (Patron-Carrico, SB 327 (C))

Workers’ compensation; uninsured employer’s fund financing tax. Amending second enactment of Chapter 219, 2009 Acts. (Patron-Wagner, SB 576 (Chapter 647))

Workers’ compensation; Workers’ Compensation Commission shall retain jurisdiction for employees to pursue payment of charges for medical services. Amending § 65.2-714. (Patron-Habeeb, HB 1169 (Chapter 543))

Workers’ compensation; Workers’ Compensation Commission to make its records referring to accidents, etc., available to an organization that conducts computerized file match program, etc. Amending § 65.2-903. (Patron-Kilgore, HB 128 (F))

Workers’ Compensation Commission; authorized to award interest on expenses to claimant’s attorney. Amending § 65.2-714. (Patron-Habeeb, HB 44 (F))

Workers’ Compensation Commission; majority of members constitutes a quorum for purposes of exercising functions of Commission. Amending §§ 65.2-201, 65.2-704, and 65.2-705. (Patron-Wagner, SB 577 (Chapter 588))

Workers’ Compensation Commission; prohibits any deputy commissioner of Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission from serving a term longer than five years unless reappointed by General Assembly. Amending § 65.2-201. (Patron-Habeeb, HB 226 (F))