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2022 SESSION
HB 689 Workers' compensation; employer duty to furnish medical attention, cost limit.
Introduced by: William C. Wampler III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Workers' compensation; employer duty to furnish medical attention; cost limit. Adds scooters to the list of medical equipment an employer is required to furnish to an employee under certain circumstances under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. The bill raises the limit on the aggregate cost of items and modifications required to be furnished by an employer to an injured employee from $42,000 to $55,000, to be increased on an annual basis.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101147D pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/22 House: Printed as engrossed 22101147D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/08/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB689ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0213) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House amendments adopted
HISTORY
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101147D
- 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
- 01/25/22 House: Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/27/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/22 House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/22 House: Read first time
- 02/04/22 House: Read second time
- 02/04/22 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/04/22 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB689E
- 02/04/22 House: Printed as engrossed 22101147D-E
- 02/07/22 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/22 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/28/22 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/22 Senate: Read third time
- 03/03/22 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/22 House: Enrolled
- 03/08/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB689ER)
- 03/08/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/22 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 03/22/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/08/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 213 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/08/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0213)