VirginiaEmergency Response Exposure Grant Fund and Program; created.
What it does
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.
More detail
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 4Left in AppropriationsLatest
- Jan 20Assigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public SafetyMinor
- Jan 20Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2494)
- Jan 8Referred to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Jan 8Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104693DIntroduced