Nevada bill would study virus impact on casino workers
- March 31, 2025
- Posted by: Web workers
- Category: Workers Comp
Nevada lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require a study of the long-term health implications of COVID-19 on casino and frontline workers, including those who do not have lawful immigration status.
S.B. 209, introduced Thursday, would mandate that the state’s legislative committee on health care conduct a study on the impact of the coronavirus and its mutations on employees of casinos and hotels and frontline workers. The bill also would require that the committee appoint representatives of minority communities to be involved in the study and report study results and recommendations for legislation relating to the study to the director of the legislative counsel bureau by the start of the 2022 session.
The bill also expands paid sick pay for COVID-19 treatment, diagnosis, vaccination, caregiving or other personal needs related to the health of the employee due to the coronavirus.
The legislation has been referred to the committee on commerce and labor.
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