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Committee hears bill to expand death and disability benefits for first responders with job-related PTSD and suicide
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee heard testimony on a bill to extend death and disability benefits to public-safety personnel who die by suicide or become permanently disabled due to job-related PTSD or other trauma-related disorders.
The House Appropriations Committee heard testimony on House Bill 76, a measure to extend death and disability benefits to Maryland public-safety personnel whose deaths or permanent disabilities result from job-related post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder or other trauma- and stress-related conditions.
Sponsor Delegate Mary Lehman said the bill would amend the Public Safety Article to align state death and disability benefits for qualifying public-safety personnel with a federal law…
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