Bill Text: WV SB99 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Allowing workers' compensation for mental illness resulting from being victim of crime
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-17 - To Judiciary [SB99 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2011-SB99-Introduced.html
A BILL to amend and reenact §23-4-1f of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to allowing workers' compensation for certain mental illnesses related to being a crime victim.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §23-4-1f of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. DISABILITY AND DEATH BENEFITS.
§23-4-1f. Certain psychiatric injuries and diseases not compensable; exception.
For the purposes of this chapter,
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to is allow payment of workers compensation benefits for mental illness when a person becomes ill after being a victim of a crime.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.