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1996 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1457
Offered January 22, 1996
A BILL to amend and reenact § 65.2-903 of the Code of Virginia, relating to workers' compensation; records not public.
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Patron-- Cranwell
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Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 65.2-903 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 65.2-903. Records not public.

The records of the Commission, insofar as they refer to accidents, injuries and settlements, and the identities of individuals who have filed claims, shall be confidential and not be open to the public but only to the parties satisfying the Commission of their interest in such records and their right to inspect them; however, the Commission shall make its records about an injured employee available to the Virginia Employment Commission if it requests such records.