VA HB426

Amends Virginia Code § 65.2-313 governing how employers calculate their offset when injured workers recover damages from third parties in workers' compensation cases

Protects existing lifetime medical benefits awards, allowing them to remain in full force without requiring claimants to file additional claims for causally related medical care after a third-party recovery

Preserves ongoing indemnity awards after third-party recovery, subject only to the pro rata offset reduction rather than suspension or termination

Prohibits employers from suspending, modifying, or terminating workers' compensation awards solely based on a third-party recovery; instead requires employers to apply credits as continuing pro rata reductions until exhausted

Allows claimants to pay medical expenses during the offset period and receive reimbursement from the employer for their proportionate share of attorney fees and costs