Bill Text: CT HB05317 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Workers' Compensation Fund For First Responders Suffering From Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-13 - Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees [HB05317 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05317-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5317
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 684
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Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKERS' COMPENSATION FUND FOR FIRST RESPONDERS SUFFERING FROM POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to create a fund to allow first responders who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of witnessing traumatic events in the course of their duty to receive workers' compensation benefits.

Statement of Purpose:

To create a fund to allow first responders access to workers' compensation benefits.