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Frontline workers pressure Virginia lawmakers for COVID-19 benefits

Frontline workers pressure Virginia lawmakers for COVID-19 benefits They came together Monday to pressure the Senate to pass a bill Published:  Tags:  RICHMOND, Va. – Frontline workers are urging Virginia lawmakers to help them recover from the coronavirus. Legislators, firefighters and health care workers came together Monday to pressure the Senate of Virginia to pass a bill with a retroactive COVID-19 workers’ compensation presumption. If passed, House Bill 1985 would provide retroactive benefits for workers who contracted the virus on the job while treating or diagnosing COVID patients. “Many of these heroes were left fighting for their own lives as a result, on ventilators and in ICUs all across the commonwealth,” said John Wright with the Virginia Professional Fire Fighters association. “They sacrificed their own health to help others. Now, these frontline workers are left with thousands of dollars in medical bills and many of them with lingering health effect

Virginia bill proposes retroactive pay for frontline responders who caught COVID-19

Virginia bill proposes retroactive pay for frontline responders who caught COVID-19 In the House version, nurses and firefighters who caught COVID-19 between March and December would be eligible for benefits. The Senate version has different dates. Author: Allison Bazzle, 13News Now Staff Published: 11:26 AM EST February 22, 2021 Updated: 11:20 PM EST February 22, 2021 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. Activists are pushing for the Virginia Senate to pass a bill that would pay first responders for any disability caused by contracting COVID-19 while on the job. The bill, which passed the House of Delegates, establishes a presumption that COVID-19 causing the death or disability of health care providers is an occupational disease compensable under the Workers Compensation Act.

Lawmakers debate comp for frontline COVID workers: Call us heroes? Prove it!

Lawmakers debate comp for frontline COVID workers: Call us heroes? Prove it! With only a few days left during the 2021 special legislative session, the House of Delegates and Senate are split on when workers should be eligible to apply for benefits. and last updated 2021-02-22 18:27:07-05 RICHMOND, Va. Both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly agree that frontline healthcare workers and first responders should be able to apply for workers compensation if they contract COVID-19 on the job. With only a few days left during the 2021 special legislative session, the House of Delegates and Senate are split on when workers should be eligible to apply for those benefits.

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