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2022 SESSION
HB 742 Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement, etc.
Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Provides that an anxiety disorder or depressive disorder, as both are defined in the bill, incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act on the same basis as post-traumatic stress disorder. The bill provides that a mental health professional must diagnose the law-enforcement officer or firefighter as suffering from anxiety disorder or depressive disorder as a result of a qualifying event, as defined in the Code, and includes other conditions for compensability.
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HISTORY
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101170D
- 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
- 01/26/22 House: Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/27/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/22 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/01/22 House: Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/22 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/15/22 House: Left in Appropriations