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SB 561 Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, law-enforcement officers and firefighters.
Introduced by: Jill Holtzman Vogel | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder; law-enforcement officers and firefighters. 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 (a) 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; (b) if the law-enforcement officer's or firefighter's undergoing of a qualifying event was a substantial factor in causing his post-traumatic stress disorder; (c) if such qualifying event, and not another event or source of stress, was the primary cause of the post-traumatic stress disorder; and (d) 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. The bill incorporates SB 741 and SB 924.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104533D pdf
- 01/13/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20105715D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20106824D-S2 pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB561ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/12/20 Senate: Governor's substitute printed 20110012D-S3 pdf | impact statement
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB561ER2) pdf
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1262) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104533D
- 01/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/13/20 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
- 01/13/20 Senate: Incorporates SB924 (Cosgrove)
- 01/13/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20105715D-S1
- 01/13/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/04/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Incorporates SB741 (McPike)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20106824D-S2
- 02/05/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/20 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 20105715D-S1
- 02/06/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/06/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20106824D-S2
- 02/06/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB561S2
- 02/07/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/10/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N)
- 02/13/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/20 House: Read first time
- 02/13/20 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/18/20 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/20 House: Read second time
- 02/21/20 House: Read third time
- 02/21/20 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/26/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB561ER)
- 02/27/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/27/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/04/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2020
- 03/04/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 11, 2020
- 03/12/20 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 03/12/20 Senate: Governor's substitute printed 20110012D-S3
- 04/22/20 Senate: Amendments specific and severable (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/22/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/22/20 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (92-Y 0-N)
- 04/22/20 House: VOTE: (92-Y 0-N)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB561ER2)
- 04/22/20 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Enacted, Chapter 1262 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1262)