Long COVID Presumption Proposed for Essential Government Workers

Essential government workers in Maryland who are diagnosed with long COVID would be presumed to have a compensable occupational disease, under a bill introduced in the state Senate. SB 431, by Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher, D-Montgomery, would create a presumption for essential workers who were diagnosed with COVID-19 between March 5, 2020, and July 15, 2021, and who subsequently were diagnosed with long COVID. The bill defines long COVID to mean lingering symptoms or conditions that continue or develop at least four weeks after an initial infection and may be multisystemic, present with a relapsi...