Prefiled Bill Proposes COVID-19 Presumption for Safety Workers

A Florida lawmaker is proposing to create a presumption that COVID-19 is a compensable condition for safety workers. State Rep. Elizabeth Fetterhoff, R-DeLand, introduced House Bill 53 in advance of the legislative session that starts Jan. 11. The bill would add COVID-19 to the list of conditions that includes hepatitis, meningitis and tuberculosis that are presumed to be compensable for law enforcement, firefighters, correctional workers and emergency medical workers. Fetterhoff’s bill would also create a presumption of compensability for other infectious diseases, which would be defi...