Tennessee HB 553: Workers Compensation - As enacted, adds to those acquired infectious diseases for which an emergency rescue worker is given a presumption to have a disability suffered in the line of duty a virus or other communicable disease for which a pandemic has been declared by the World Health Organization or the federal centers for disease control and prevention, and for which the governor has declared a state of emergency. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51.

Status: Pub. Ch. 142 (as of 2021-04-21)

State: Tennessee · Session: 112 · Bill: HB 553

Subjects: Workers Compensation

Sponsors: Gardenhire, Whitson

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