{"id":"AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-077","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Washington (Department of Labor and Industries, the State workers\u0027-compensation fund)","state":"WA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG","eco":"","issuer":"Washington State Department of Labor and Industries","authority":"RCW Title 51","instrument":"Policy statement, \u0027Workers\u0027 Compensation Coverage and Coronavirus (COVID-19) Common Questions\u0027 (as captured May 26, 2020; policy first announced March 5, 2020)","title":"Department policy allowing workers\u0027-compensation claims of health-care providers and first responders for COVID-19 exposure and quarantine, with time-loss payments for up to 14 days of quarantine and coverage of medically required testing; other claims on a case-by-case exposure standard","dateIssued":"2020-03-05","effective":"2020-03-05 (policy); page as captured 2020-05-26","end":"","startDate":"2020-03-05","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["EMP","OTHER"],"addressees":["State Fund employers and self-insured employers of health-care providers and first responders; treating providers filing claims"],"clause":"Under certain circumstances, claims from health care providers and first responders involving COVID-19 may be allowed. Other claims that meet certain criteria for exposure will be considered on a case-by-case basis. For allowed claims, time-loss payments for lost wages during a quarantine period may be available for up to 14 days.... Appropriate, medically required testing/surveillance would also be covered. This is a time-limited benefit, and no benefits would be paid after the worker tests negative for COVID-19 or the quarantine period has ended, unless the worker develops the disease.... [Criteria:] Was there an increased risk or greater likelihood of contracting the condition due to the worker\u0027s occupation (such as a first responder or health care worker)? If not for their job, would the worker have been exposed to the virus or contracted the condition? Can the worker identify a specific source or event during the performance of his or her employment that resulted in exposure to the new coronavirus...?... the Industrial Insurance Act allows the insurer to pay for testing before someone is ill when there\u0027s been a documented, work-related exposure.","enforcement":"Department adjudication under RCW Title 51; State Fund premiums and self-insurer obligations","functions":["HR and WF for hospitals, clinics, EMS and public-safety employers (quarantine time-loss claims allowed)","IC exposure documentation","OP State Fund premium consequences"],"notes":"A statement of the State Fund\u0027s own claims policy, not an order; included because Washington\u0027s exclusive State fund is the workers\u0027-compensation insurer of last resort for nearly every Washington employer and its policy governed the treatment of quarantine absences from March 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://lni.wa.gov/agency/outreach/workers-compensation-coverage-and-coronavirus-covid-19-common-questions","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200526185651/https://www.lni.wa.gov/agency/outreach/workers-compensation-coverage-and-coronavirus-covid-19-common-questions","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":123309,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG","url":"/library/AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-077","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-077","citation":"Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, Policy statement, \u0027Workers\u0027 Compensation Coverage and Coronavirus (COVID-19) Common Questions\u0027 (as captured May 26, 2020; policy first announced March 5, 2020) (Mar. 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-077)","stateName":"Washington","related":[]}