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House committee debates extending workers' compensation to first responders with PTSD
Summary
Lawmakers debated House Bill 552, which would expand Montana workers' compensation to cover post-traumatic stress disorder for defined first responders. Supporters described the bill as a needed protection; opponents raised equal-protection and cost concerns and questioned whether workers' compensation is the appropriate vehicle.
House Bill 552, a proposal to extend workers' compensation coverage to first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, drew extended debate in the Montana House during second-reading consideration.
The bill, introduced and carried by Representative Revas, would amend Montana's workers' compensation laws to cover PTSD for certain people who experience traumatic events while working in roles such as professional or volunteer firefighters, law enforcement officers, dispatchers, employees of county detention centers or prisons, and emergency care providers. "This bill provides workers compensation coverage to our first responders who are diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD from events…
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