Bill Text: CT HB05115 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Workers' Compensation Benefits For First Responders.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-09 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security [HB05115 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05115-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5115
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 332
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. DARGAN, 115th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to allow all first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of their duties to receive workers' compensation benefits.

Statement of Purpose:

To extend workers' compensation coverage for mental or emotional impairment to any volunteer or paid first responder diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.