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2020 SESSION
SB 531 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.
Introduced by: Jill Holtzman Vogel | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. Adds cancers of the colon, brain, or testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firefighters and certain employees develop the cancer. The measure removes the compensability requirement that the employee who develops cancer had contact with a toxic substance encountered in the line of duty. The measure also removes the definition of a toxic substance as a known or suspected carcinogen, as defined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, that causes or is suspected to cause specific types of cancers for which the presumption of compensability exists. This bill was incorporated into SB 9.
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HISTORY
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102297D
- 01/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/13/20 Senate: Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (SB9-Saslaw) (15-Y 0-N)