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2022 SESSION
SB 562 Workers' compensation; time period for filing claim, certain cancers.
Introduced by: Richard L. Saslaw | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Workers' compensation; time period for filing claim; certain cancers. Provides that the time period for filing a workers' compensation claim for certain cancers is two years after a diagnosis of the disease is first communicated to the employee or within 10 years from the date of the last injurious exposure in employment, whichever first occurs. The bill provides, however, that such claim for benefits shall be barred if an employee is 65 years of age or older, regardless of the date of diagnosis, communication, or last injurious exposure in employment. This bill is identical to HB 1042.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103722D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/22 Senate: Printed as engrossed 22103722D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB562ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/12/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103722D
- 01/12/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/31/22 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (12-Y 3-N)
- 02/02/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/22 Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/22 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/03/22 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/03/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB562E
- 02/03/22 Senate: Printed as engrossed 22103722D-E
- 02/04/22 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 14-N)
- 02/22/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/22 House: Read first time
- 02/22/22 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
- 02/24/22 House: Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/22 House: Read second time
- 03/01/22 House: Read third time
- 03/01/22 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/22 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/22 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/04/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB562ER)
- 03/04/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/04/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/22 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- 03/11/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/11/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 498 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498)