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HB 951: Workers' Compensation Benefits for Correctional Officers

GENERAL BILL by Mercado ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Polo

Workers' Compensation Benefits for Correctional Officers; Provides that posttraumatic stress disorder suffered by correctional officer is occupational disease compensable by workers' compensation benefits; specifies that certain benefits do not require physical injury & are not subject to certain apportionment or limitations; requires DFS to adopt certain rules; requires employing agency to provide specified mental health training.

Effective Date: 10/1/2019
Last Action: 5/3/2019 House - Died in Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/20/2019 House • Filed
2/28/2019 House • Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 96
3/5/2019 House • Introduced -HJ 96
5/3/2019 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee