579. Notwithstanding sections 494 to 497, the Commission des affaires sociales retains its jurisdiction to hear any appeal concerning the right to compensation, the amount of a compensation and the degree of impairment of earning capacity brought, before or from 19 August 1985, under section 65 of the Workers’ Compensation Act (chapter A-3) or under the Act respecting indemnities for victims of asbestosis or silicosis in mines and quarries (chapter I-7). Appeals contemplated in the first paragraph, including those pending before the industrial accidents division of the Commission des affaires sociales, are heard by the rescuers and crime victims indemnity division.