COVID-19 presumptive coverage for health care and frontline workers ends May 11

Washington State Department of Labor & Industries sent this bulletin at 04/21/2023 11:11 AM PDT

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Self-Insurance

COVID-19 presumptive coverage for health care and frontline workers
ends May 11, 2023

Effective May 11, 2023, the state of emergency for COVID-19 ends, thereby ending presumptive coverage for COVID-19 for both health care and frontline workers.

Health care and frontline presumptive coverage will be limited to:

  • Contractions or exposures that occurred between the date the coverage was effective and the end of the emergency:
    • Healthcare workers, dates Feb. 29, 2020 through May 11, 2023.
    • Frontline workers, dates May 11, 2021 through May 11, 2023.
  • Claims that were timely filed (within two years of the exposure or contraction), and
  • Claims that otherwise meet the criteria for allowance.

Non-presumptive claims for COVID-19 will continue to be considered under standard occupational disease criteria, similar to that of exposures to Hepatitis.

Questions? Email: SITrainerQuestions@LNI.wa.gov