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SB1702Introduced in the Senate

WORKERS COMP-PTSD PRESUMPTION

IntroducedSenate Assignments

Introduced by William Cunningham, District 18

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that post-traumatic stress disorder is to be rebuttably presumed to arise out of and to be causally connected to the hazards of employment of a person employed as a firefighter, emergency medical technician (EMT), emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), advanced emergency medical technician (A-EMT), or paramedic.

Where it stands

Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

March 21, 2025

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Bill history

  1. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham

  2. First Reading

  3. Referred to Assignments

  4. Assigned to Judiciary

  5. Postponed - Judiciary

  6. Postponed - Judiciary

  7. Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

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