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Emergency Response Exposure Grant Fund and Program; created.

Introduced: it can still change before the session ends.

VA SB 672 · Senate Bill · 2027

Stage
Introduced
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Senate
Sponsor
Aaron Rouse
Latest action
Jul 21

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    Introduced · Jul 21

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What it does

Emergency Response Exposure Grant Fund and Program. Creates the Emergency Response Exposure Grant Fund and Program, to be administered by the Department of Fire Programs, 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.

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