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Subcommittee raises PTSD benefit cap to 104 weeks for first responders, advances bill
Summary
HB 2060, as amended to increase the weeks of coverage for PTSD, anxiety disorder and depressive disorder for law enforcement and firefighters from 52 weeks to 104 weeks, was reported by the subcommittee by a vote of 7-0.
The Compensation and Retirement Subcommittee approved an alignment amendment and reported House Bill 2060, which increases the cap on weeks of workers' compensation coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety disorder or depressive disorder for law enforcement officers and firefighters from 52 weeks to 104 weeks.
A sponsor summarized the amendment on the record: "What this would do is, increase the cap to 104 weeks for PTSD as well as anxiety disorder or depressive disorder for the, for the workers comp for law enforcement and firefighters rather than the current 52 weeks." Committee members moved and seconded the alignment amendment, and the subcommittee voted to report HB 2060 as amended.
The bill passed the subcommittee on the board 7 to nothing. The transcript records no additional fiscal breakdown or offset discussion during the recorded floor vote in this subcommittee hearing.
