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A 4812 In Committee

Enacts the COVID-19 injured workers' protection act

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Enacts the "COVID-19 injured workers' protection act"; establishes a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presumption for public employee death benefits where a member was required to physically report to work; did in fact physically report to work as of March first, two thousand twenty; contracted COVID-19; and where the applicable head of the member's retirement system or such system's medical board determines COVID-19 to have been a significant contributing factor in the member's death.

Chamber
House
Introduced
Feb 6, 2025
Last action
Jan 7, 2026 — REFERRED TO LABOR
Session
2025-2026
Momentum
27 · Low