Proposed S.B. No. 462
Session Year 2025

AN ACT RECOGNIZING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AS AN OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE.

To include substance use disorder in the definition of "occupational disease" for the purposes of workers' compensation.

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