Florida Senate - 2022                                    SB 1066
       
       
        
       By Senator Burgess
       
       
       
       
       
       20-00719B-22                                          20221066__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to workers’ compensation benefits for
    3         first responders; amending s. 112.1815, F.S.;
    4         providing that the time for specified notice in
    5         certain cases of compensable posttraumatic stress
    6         disorder is measured from the time of the qualifying
    7         event or the diagnosis of the disorder, rather than
    8         the manifestation of the disorder, whichever is later;
    9         providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (5) of section
   14  112.1815, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         112.1815 Firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical
   16  technicians, and law enforcement officers; special provisions
   17  for employment-related accidents and injuries.—
   18         (5)
   19         (d) The time for notice of injury or death in cases of
   20  compensable posttraumatic stress disorder under this subsection
   21  is the same as in s. 440.151(6) and is measured from one of the
   22  qualifying events listed in subparagraph (a)2. or the diagnosis
   23  manifestation of the disorder, whichever is later. A claim under
   24  this subsection must be properly noticed within 52 weeks after
   25  the qualifying event or the diagnosis of the disorder, whichever
   26  is later.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.