VirginiaEmergency Response Exposure Grant Fund and Program.
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 Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 5Left in Finance and AppropriationsLatest
- Jan 20Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB972)
- Jan 15Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 6Referred to Committee on General Laws and TechnologyMinor
- Jan 6Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104198DIntroduced