Bill to cover SC first responders under workersâ comp gets new life
VIDEO: Bill to cover SC first responders under workersâ comp gets new life By Paola Tristan Arruda | December 18, 2020 at 9:09 PM EST - Updated December 19 at 9:58 AM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina Lawmakers are renewing an effort to help cover firefighters who get sick from the coronavirus.
Rep. Russell Fry prefilled SC House Bill 3192, after an earlier version of the bill did not make it to a vote during this legislative session. Firefighter advocates say it was due to a shortened legislative session.
The bill which has garnered a lot of bipartisan support, would make a presumption in the law that health care workers and first responders who get the coronavirus, got it from work. They would be eligible to get resources through workersâ comp.