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2017 House Bill 1723: Creating the presumption of occupational disease for certain employees at the United States department of energy Hanford site
Introduced by Rep. Larry Haler (Richland) (R) on January 27, 2017
Referred to the House Labor & Workplace Standards Committee on January 27, 2017
Substitute offered in the House on February 16, 2017
Creates a presumption for Hanford nuclear site workers that certain enumerated diseases and conditions are occupational diseases, for the purposes of industrial insurance coverage.
Referred to the House Rules Committee on February 28, 2017
Amendment offered by Rep. Matt Manweller (Ellensburg) (R) on March 2, 2017
Specifies that the presumption applies to workers who, while covered under the Industrial Insurance Act, worked on the site for a length of time that a preponderance of medical evidence shows is more likely than not to result in the development of the disease or condition alleged (rather than to workers who worked at least one eight-hour shift).
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 2, 2017
Received in the Senate on March 6, 2017
Referred to the Senate Commerce,Labor & Sports Committee on March 6, 2017
Received in the House on January 8, 2018
Received in the Senate on January 15, 2018
Referred to the Senate Labor & Commerce Committee on January 15, 2018
Amendment offered in the Senate on January 22, 2018
Creates a presumption for Hanford nuclear site workers that certain enumerated diseases and conditions are occupational diseases for the purposes of industrial insurance coverage.
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on January 24, 2018
Amendment offered in the Senate on January 25, 2018
Modifies the term "Hanford site worker" to require that the worker worked on the site at certain locations. Requires that after the act is in effect for five years, the department of labor and industries must submit a report to the legislature by December 1, 2023, with the number of claims which included the presumption.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on January 25, 2018
Received in the House on February 19, 2018
House concurred in Senate amendments.
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on March 7, 2018