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Committee advances HB 81 after tabling PTSD and pamphlet amendments, adopts ombudsman name change
Summary
The House Public Insurance and Pensions Committee advanced House Bill 81 after tabling two proposed amendments — one on PTSD compensability and one requiring a workers' compensation informational pamphlet — and adopting an amendment renaming the ombuds office.
The House Public Insurance and Pensions Committee advanced House Bill 81 after a series of amendment votes at the bill’s third hearing.
Representative Brandon offered an amendment to make a peace officer, firefighter or emergency medical worker diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) eligible to receive workers' compensation benefits for up to one year regardless of accompanying physical injury and to eliminate the state PTSD fund. Brandon read the amendment and urged action, saying he preferred to call PTSD “PTSI” because “it's an injury, not a disorder.” He also said the Bureau of Workers' Compensation had “got like an $8,000,000,000 surplus” and cited a…
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