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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 613
October 31, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SORTWELL, GOEBEN, ROZAR,
ALLEN, BEHNKE, BODDEN, BRANDTJEN, BROOKS, CALLAHAN, EDMING, MAGNAFICI,
MAXEY, MICHALSKI, MOSES, MURPHY, O'CONNOR, RETTINGER, SAPIK, SCHRAA and
SCHUTT, cosponsored by Senators NASS and CABRAL-GUEVARA. Referred to
Committee on Workforce Development and Economic Opportunities.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to create 102.03 (7) of the statutes; relating to: employer liability under
worker's compensation for mandatory or coerced vaccines.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill provides that, for the purposes of worker's compensation, an injury
caused to an employee by a vaccine that the employee was required by or coerced by
his or her employer to receive is presumed to be caused by the individual's
employment.
The presumption requires a diagnosis and may be rebutted by specific evidence
that the injury was caused outside of employment.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 102.03 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
102.03 (7) (a) For the purposes of benefits under this chapter, where an injury
to an employee is found to be caused by a vaccine that the employee was required by
or coerced by his or her employer to receive, the injury is presumed to be caused by
the individual's employment.
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(b) An injury claimed under par. (a) must be accompanied by a specific
diagnosis by a physician.
(c) An injury claimed under par. (a) may be rebutted by specific evidence that
the injury was not caused by receiving the vaccine.
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