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Panel backs expansion of death and disability benefits to include PTSD for volunteer and career first responders
Summary
Witnesses urged the committee to support House Bill 76, which would extend Maryland death and disability benefits to first responders whose deaths or permanent disabilities are attributed to job‑related PTSD and other stress‑related conditions; advocates said the change mirrors a federal law and addresses a growing trend of mental‑health-related on
Delegate Mary Lehman presented House Bill 76 to extend death and disability benefits to qualifying Maryland public‑safety personnel who die by suicide or become permanently disabled as a result of job‑related post‑traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other stress‑related mental‑health conditions. The bill would align state public‑safety benefits with federal provisions passed by Congress and signed in August 2022, Lehman said.
Supporters included volunteer fire chiefs, the Maryland…
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