CORRECTION: COVID-19 presumptive coverage for health care and frontline workers ended April 10, 2023

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washington state department of labor and industries - claims and insurance

Self-Insurance

CORRECTION: COVID-19 presumptive coverage for health care and frontline workers ended April 10, 2023

CORRECTION: The state of emergency for COVID-19 ended April 10, 2023, thereby ending presumptive coverage for COVID-19 for both health care and frontline workers. An earlier email gave an incorrect date.

Health care and frontline presumptive coverage is 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 April 10, 2023.
    • Frontline workers, dates May 11, 2021 through April 10, 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