Georgia House Bill 855 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on November 15 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-24 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Industry and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to workers' compensation, so as to provide workers' compensation coverage for first responders for post-traumatic stress disorder arising in the course and scope of employment; to provide for definitions; to provide for a rebuttable presumption; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Workers' compensation; coverage for first responders for post-traumatic stress disorder arising in the course of employment; provide

Rep. Gregg Kennard [D]	Rep. Bill Hitchens [R]	Rep. Carolyn Hugley [D]	Rep. Todd Jones [R]
Rep. Clint Crowe [R]	Rep. Samuel Park [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-24	House	House Second Readers
2022-01-14	House	House First Readers
2022-01-13	House	House Hopper
2021-11-15	House	House Prefiled

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/60949
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/202869
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/203352