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Lawmakers Seek System Studies, More Presumptions

02/21/2023
transfer treatment to an MPN provider. Finally lawmakers introduced measures that would create a new post-traumatic stress disorder presumption and presume some injuries are compensable for hospital workers. AB 1145 by Assemblymember Brian Maienschein D-San Diego would add a new Labor Code

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Bill Would Apply PTSD Presumption to Workers at Dept. of Corrections

02/17/2023
Some California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation workers would be eligible for a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is a compensable injury under recently introduced legislation. Assemblyman Devon Mathis Assemblyman Devon Mathis R-Visalia introduced AB 1107 on

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First Responder PTSD Presumption Bill Filed

02/16/2023
would create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is proximately caused by employment for law enforcement officers and emergency services first responders if a physician or psychologist determines the diagnosis is work-related. PTSD must result in physical impairment primary or

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Lawmakers Reintroduce Presumption Expansion Proposals Vetoed Last Session

02/13/2023
introduced AB 579 which would expand the PTSD presumption to cover public safety dispatchers emergency response communication workers emergency medical technicians and paramedics. The bill would also extend the presumption to firefighting members of the state departments of Military Developmental

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Committee Passes 9/11 Worker Presumption Measure

02/10/2023
A New Jersey Senate committee on Thursday passed a bill that would create a presumption that any injury illness or death is compensable for public safety workers who participated in the response to the 911 terrorist attacks under certain conditions. The Senate Labor Committee voted 5-0 to

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Governor Signs Bill Expanding Coverage for First Responders

02/07/2023
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum on Monday signed House Bill 1279 allowing first responders to apply service time in other states toward the length-of-service requirement for a presumption that certain injuries and illnesses arose out of employment. Police and firefighters must currently have

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House, Senate Pass Comp Bills

02/06/2023
from working as a first responder and requiring that anxiety and depressive disorders are covered under the same conditions as post-traumatic stress disorder. The House and Senate's identical companion measures would grow the list of first responders covered by the cancer presumption. The House

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Bill Proposes Firefighter Comp Cancer Presumption

02/01/2023
A legislative proposal in Utah would amend the state workers compensation law to create a rebuttable presumption for cancer diagnoses in firefighters and require the Division of Industrial Accidents to conduct a study regarding cancers typically associated with firefighting. The measure

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Lawmakers Introduce COVID-19 Injured Workers' Protection Act

01/25/2023
Proposed legislation filed in New York on Wednesday would create a COVID-19 presumption in workers' compensation death benefits cases and also amend current comp law concerning temporary benefits. Assembly Bill 2145 also known as the COVID-19 Injured Workers Protection Act would establish

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Bill Would Expand Cancer Presumption for Firefighters

01/23/2023
Legislation filed in New Hampshire would make all types of cancer among firefighters a presumptive occupational disease eligible for workers' compens

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