Lawmakers Add Correctional Officers to Infectious Disease Presumption Coverage

Correctional officers and motor vehicle enforcement officers will be covered by workers' compensation if they are diagnosed with any of several infectious diseases, says a bill passed Wednesday by the Virginia legislature. House Bill 169, sponsored by Rep. Roslyn Tyler, D-Jarratt, was approved by the Senate 39-0, two weeks after it passed the House 96-3. The bill now goes to the governor. The measure would add the officers to the list of first responders covered by comp if they contract one of several infectious diseases that are common in prisons and other settings encountered by p...