Bill Text: CT SB00168 | 2010 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Workers' Compensation And A Police Officer's Use Of Deadly Force On A Mammal.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-28 - House Calendar Number 446 [SB00168 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2010-SB00168-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2010 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND A POLICE OFFICER'S USE OF DEADLY FORCE ON A MAMMAL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivisions (16) and (17) of section 31-275 of the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage and applicable to any claim pending on or filed on or after said date):
(16) (A) "Personal injury" or "injury" includes, in addition to accidental injury that may be definitely located as to the time when and the place where the accident occurred, an injury to an employee that is causally connected with the employee's employment and is the direct result of repetitive trauma or repetitive acts incident to such employment, and occupational disease.
(B) "Personal injury" or "injury" shall not be construed to include:
(i) An injury to an employee that results from the employee's voluntary participation in any activity the major purpose of which is social or recreational, including, but not limited to, athletic events, parties and picnics, whether or not the employer pays some or all of the cost of such activity;
(ii) A mental or emotional impairment, unless such impairment arises (I) from a physical injury or occupational disease, or (II) in the case of a police officer, from such police officer's use of deadly force or subjection to deadly force in the line of duty, regardless of whether such police officer is physically injured, provided such police officer is the subject of an attempt by another person to cause such police officer serious physical injury or death through the use of deadly force, and such police officer reasonably believes such police officer to be the subject of such an attempt, or from such police officer's interaction with a mammal in the line of duty, regardless of whether such police officer is physically injured, provided the mammal displayed behavior during the interaction that resulted in the police officer reasonably believing that he or she was in imminent danger of serious physical injury or death from such mammal. As used in this clause, "police officer" means a member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety, an organized local police department or a municipal constabulary, and "in the line of duty" means any action that a police officer is obligated or authorized by law, rule, regulation or written condition of employment service to perform, or for which the police officer is compensated by the public entity such officer serves;
(iii) A mental or emotional impairment that results from a personnel action, including, but not limited to, a transfer, promotion, demotion or termination; or
(iv) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (B)(i) of this subdivision, "personal injury" or "injury" includes injuries to employees of local or regional boards of education resulting from participation in a school-sponsored activity but does not include any injury incurred while going to or from such activity. As used in this clause, "school-sponsored activity" means any activity sponsored, recognized or authorized by a board of education and includes activities conducted on or off school property and "participation" means acting as a chaperone, advisor, supervisor or instructor at the request of an administrator with supervisory authority over the employee.
(17) "Physician" includes any person licensed and authorized to practice a healing art, as defined in section 20-1, and licensed under the provisions of chapters 370, 372 and 373 to practice in this state.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage and applicable to any claim pending on or filed on or after said date |
31-275(16) and (17) |
APP |
Joint Favorable Subst. |