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Panel urges committee to extend death and disability benefits to volunteers with service-related PTSD (HB76)
Summary
Delegate Mary Lehman told the House Appropriations Committee HB76 would expand Maryland’s death and disability benefits to include volunteer and career public safety personnel whose permanent disability or death is attributed to job‑related PTSD or trauma‑related conditions.
Delegate Mary Lehman and multiple witnesses asked the House Appropriations Committee for a favorable report on House Bill 76, legislation that would extend death and disability benefits for qualifying Maryland public safety personnel who die by suicide or become permanently disabled because of job‑related post‑traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other trauma‑related mental‑health conditions.
The bill would amend the Public Safety Article to make Maryland’s state-level disability and death benefits for public-safety personnel align with federal rules enacted in 2022. It would cover law enforcement officers, correctional…
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