Permits essential employees to file claims for COVID-19 death benefits previously denied or not timely filed.
The Joseph Fletcher act amends the workers' compensation law to allow essential employees to file claims for death benefits due to COVID-19 that were previously denied or not timely filed. Claims must be filed within one year of the act's effective date. The act also permits the re-hearing of previously denied claims. The provisions will expire two years after the act's effective date.
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