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HOUSE BILL NO. 1457
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Labor and Commerce
on February 9, 1996)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Cranwell)
A BILL to amend and reenact § 65.2-903 of the Code of Virginia, relating to workers' compensation; records not public.

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, shall 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. The Commission shall promulgate rules to ensure that information for the purpose of determining eligibility for employment shall not be provided without the written consent of the employee.