File Code: Workers' Compensation
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 419/00 - ECM
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1006
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators DeGrange, Currie, Exum, Hafer, Lawlah, and Mitchell
- Entitled:
-
Workers' Compensation - Occupational Diseases - Compensation for
Certain Contagious Diseases
Providing that human immunodeficiency virus, meningococcal meningitis,
tuberculosis, mononucleosis, liver cancer, any form of viral
hepatitis, diphtheria, hemorrhagic fevers, and rabies are to be
considered inherent to the nature of employment under the State
workers' compensation laws for specified fire or safety personnel;
creating a presumption as to the potential of developing a compensable
occupational disease for those personnel who are exposed to one of the
listed diseases; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/2
- First Reading Finance
- 2/6
- Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/19
- Unfavorable Report by Finance
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
- Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
- Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Clarence M. Mitchell, IV, District 44
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- AIDS
- DISEASES -see also- AIDS; RABIES
- EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
- FIRE PROTECTION
- RABIES
- RESCUE SQUADS -see also- AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERV.
- VOLUNTEERS -see also- MARYLAND SERVICE CORPS
- WORKERS' COMPENSATION
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Labor and Employment
- (
9-502 ,
9-503.1
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered