PRINTER'S NO. 1990
No. 1633 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY PERZEL, THOMAS, READSHAW, ARMSTRONG, BASTIAN,
BUNT, CAPPELLI, L. I. COHEN, CREIGHTON, DiGIROLAMO, FEESE,
FLICK, GANNON, LEWIS, McILHATTAN, NAILOR, O'BRIEN, ROSS,
SATHER, J. TAYLOR, WOGAN, BISHOP, BUTKOVITZ, CORRIGAN, DIVEN,
FRANKEL, M. BAKER, KENNEY, HUTCHINSON, HARHAI, KAISER,
KELLER, LAUGHLIN, MANN, MAYERNIK, McGEEHAN, SOLOBAY, SURRA,
TIGUE, WATERS, SEMMEL, SAYLOR, J. EVANS, WOJNAROSKI, DALEY,
LESCOVITZ, COY, BROWNE, ALLEN, McCALL AND DALLY, MAY 21, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 21, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), entitled, as
2 reenacted and amended, "An act defining the liability of an
3 employer to pay damages for injuries received by an employe
4 in the course of employment; establishing an elective
5 schedule of compensation; providing procedure for the
6 determination of liability and compensation thereunder; and
7 prescribing penalties," further defining "occupational
8 disease."
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 108(m) of the act of June 2, 1915
12 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act,
13 reenacted and amended June 21, 1939 (P.L.520, No.281) and
14 amended July 9, 1976 (P.L.935, No.180), is amended to read:
15 Section 108. The term "occupational disease," as used in
16 this act, shall mean only the following diseases.
17 * * *
18 (m) Tuberculosis, serum hepatitis [or], infectious hepatitis
1 or hepatitis C in the occupations of blood processors,
2 fractionators, nursing, or auxiliary services involving exposure
3 to such diseases or in law enforcement occupations involving
4 both the legal power to arrest and exposure to such diseases.
5 * * *
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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