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2023 SESSION
SB 904 Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers.
Introduced by: Bill DeSteph | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder; 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, except in the case of responding to crime scenes for investigation. The bill provides that a mental health professional must diagnose the covered individual as suffering from anxiety disorder or depressive disorder as a result of a qualifying event, defined in the bill as an incident or exposure occurring in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2023, and includes other conditions for compensability. This bill is identical to HB 1775.
FULL TEXT
- 01/05/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101042D pdf
- 01/16/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23104402D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/14/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23106901D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB904ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/22/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0244) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/05/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101042D
- 01/05/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/16/23 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/16/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23104402D-S1
- 01/16/23 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/25/23 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/23 Senate: Read second time
- 01/27/23 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/27/23 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23104402D-S1
- 01/27/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB904S1
- 01/30/23 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/23 House: Read first time
- 02/09/23 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
- 02/14/23 House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23106901D-H1
- 02/16/23 House: Read second time
- 02/17/23 House: Read third time
- 02/17/23 House: Committee substitute agreed to 23106901D-H1
- 02/17/23 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB904H1
- 02/17/23 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/23 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/23 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/23 Senate: Title replaced 23106901D-H1
- 02/23/23 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/23/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB904ER)
- 02/23/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/23 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
- 03/02/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/22/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 244 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/22/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0244)