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House approves changes to disease‑testing process for workplace exposures, adds hepatitis C to presumptions
Summary
Senate Bill 19 passed the Utah House 63–2 after sponsors said it removes outdated requirements that impeded care, moves some workers' compensation language into the labor code, expedites court actions when consent is refused, and adds hepatitis C to the list of diseases presumed work related.
The Utah House approved Senate Bill 19, a measure that modifies procedures for disease testing following workplace exposures and expands presumed workplace diseases to include hepatitis C.
Representative Lipback outlined four principal changes in the bill: removal of obsolete requirements dating from 1988 that…
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