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Committee moves House Bill 81 to rules after tabling PTSD coverage amendment and adopting ombud renaming
Summary
The House Public Insurance and Pensions Committee advanced House Bill 81 to the House Rules and Reference Committee after tabling an amendment that would have extended workers' compensation benefits for first responders diagnosed with PTSD; the panel adopted an amendment renaming the workers' compensation ombud office.
The House Public Insurance and Pensions Committee voted to report House Bill 81 to the House Rules and Reference Committee after lawmakers tabled two proposed amendments and accepted a renaming change to the bill.
Representative Brennan introduced Amendment 2-19-1, which would have made peace officers, firefighters and emergency medical workers diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder eligible to receive workers' compensation compensation and benefits for up to one year without a required accompanying physical injury and would have eliminated the state PTSD fund. Brennan said the amendment aims to treat PTSD as an injury rather than a psychiatric condition that requires a physical injury to qualify. "Not all wounds are visible," Brennan said, recounting a visit to a…
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