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Emergency Response Exposure Grant Fund and Program. Creates the Emergency Response Exposure Grant Fund and Program to award grants to localities to support certain emergency responders who were exposed to a qualifying emergency, defined in the bill. The bill requires funding to be used for annual cancer screenings and health care expenses incurred by eligible emergency responders, defined in the bill, in the event such emergency responders are diagnosed with cancer from toxic material exposure. The bill permits funding to be used for out-of-pocket medical expenses not otherwise covered by insurance, workers' compensation, or other available funding. The Department of Fire Programs shall administer the Fund and Program.
Introduced
Jan 6, 2025
Last Action
Feb 5, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Left in Finance and Appropriations
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB972)
Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104198D
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
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Left in Finance and Appropriations
Aaron R. Rouse