Committee weighs coordination with workers' compensation and prevention-first wellness models

Committee members explored whether the duty‑disability pathway should be reorganized so that work‑comp claims and prevention/wellness interventions come earlier in the process. One member suggested bringing in league and municipal work‑comp lawyers and noted that some elements of workers' compensation (surgical and rehab coverage) already align with return‑to‑work pathways; others said wellness programs could prevent injuries before they become prolonged claims: "Las Vegas Metro PD has a wellness thing that we're talking about potentially bringing in," a member said.

Members discussed creating scenarios to map how simultaneous work‑comp claims, duty‑disability applications and paid‑leave mechanisms would interact, and they agreed to invite relevant stakeholders (the league, municipal insurers and benchmark agencies) to explain differing practices and declination rates. The group set a tentative plan to assemble comparative data and to discuss coordination options in the subcommittee breakout.