Legislature Approves Tweaks to COVID-19 Presumption

Utah lawmakers approved a bill tweaking some provisions of a COVID-19 presumption that was enacted in April. The House of Representatives and Senate both unanimously approved HB 5006 during a single-day special session on Thursday. The House voted 69-0 to pass the measure shortly before 2 p.m., and the Senate voted 28-0 to pass the measure 90 minutes later. HB 5006, by Rep. James Dunnigan, R-Taylorsville, would list the types of workers covered by the presumption that COVID-19 is compensable. The presumption created by HB 3007, which was enacted April 23, applied to those listed as health c...