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2009 SESSION
HB 2478 Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor.
Introduced by: Timothy D. Hugo | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor. Authorizes the Governor to declare that a communicable, contagious, or infectious disease is a disease that is covered by the existing infectious disease presumption for firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and certain law-enforcement officers under the Virginia Workers Compensation Act. The presumption currently exists for hepatitis, meningococcal meningitis, tuberculosis, and HIV. Such a declaration may be made after the Board of Health has issued an order for the purpose of suppressing the outbreak of the disease and the Governor has declared a state of emergency due to an outbreak of the disease that poses a danger to the life and health of the public.
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HISTORY
- 01/14/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 094303548
- 01/14/09 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 01/23/09 House: Referred from Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
- 01/23/09 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/03/09 House: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (10-Y 6-N)