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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I

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CHAPTER 515 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 65.2-706.2, relating to workers' compensation; claims not barred. [S 1351] Approved March 31, 2021

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 65.2-706.2 as follows:

§ 65.2-706.2. Claims not barred.

No order issued by the Commission awarding or denying benefits shall bar by res judicata any claim by an employee or cause a waiver, abandonment, or dismissal of any claim by an employee if the order does not expressly adjudicate such claim.