HB700: Labor and industrial relations; essential workers; include COVID-19 within the meaning of occupational disease

Legislative Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to compensation for occupational disease, so as to include COVID-19 within the meaning of occupational disease for essential workers; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.