Ohio House Bill 161 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 28 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-01 - Refer to Committee: Insurance
Pending: House Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To amend sections 4123.01, 4123.026, and 4123.46 and to enact sections 145.364, 742.391, 3309.402, 4123.87, and 5505.182 of the Revised Code to make peace officers, firefighters, and emergency medical workers diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder arising from employment without an accompanying physical injury eligible for compensation and benefits under Ohio's Workers' Compensation Law for up to one year and to prohibit such a person from receiving a disability benefit from a state retirement system for post-traumatic stress disorder arising from employment without an accompanying physical injury during the time period the person receives compensation and benefits under the Workers' Compensation Law for the disorder.

Make safety service workers with PTSD eligible for workers' comp

Rep. Thomas Patton [R]	Rep. David Leland [D]	Sen. Nathan Manning [R]	Rep. Michael O'Brien [D]
Sen. Nickie Antonio [D]	Rep. Dave Greenspan [R]	Rep. Barbara Boyd [D]	Rep. Robert Sprague [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-01	House	Refer to Committee: Insurance
2017-03-28	House	Introduced

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
1			New Code	See Bill Text
1	45		New Code	See Bill Text
1	45	364	New Code	See Bill Text
33			New Code	See Bill Text
33	09		New Code	See Bill Text
33	09	402	New Code	See Bill Text
41			Amended Code	Citation Text
41	23		Amended Code	Citation Text
41	23	01	Amended Code	Citation Text
41	23	026	Amended Code	Citation Text
41	23	46	Amended Code	Citation Text
41	23	87	New Code	See Bill Text
55			New Code	See Bill Text
55	05		New Code	See Bill Text
55	05	182	New Code	See Bill Text
7			New Code	See Bill Text
7	42		New Code	See Bill Text
7	42	391	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA132-HB-161
Text	https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb161/IN/00/hb161_00_IN?format=pdf