HB 5758 Summary

• Adds presumption that personal injuries for essential workers include injuries or illnesses resulting from exposure to infectious disease during a governor-declared emergency.

• Defines "essential employee" as an individual required to work during a state-declared emergency because they are necessary to sustain or protect life or conduct minimum operations during nonessential business closures.

• Applies the infectious disease presumption to personal injuries occurring on or after the effective date of Executive Order No. 2020-4.

• Makes minor grammatical and technical corrections throughout the existing workers' compensation statute (replacing "upon" with "on," "shall" with "must" or "will," etc.).