HB51 Alabama 2019 Session

Under existing law, for purposes of worker's compensation, an occupational disease does not include a mental disease or disorder arising out of and in the course of employment unless there is an accompanying physical injury.

This bill would define occupational disease for purposes of worker's compensation for a paid law enforcement officer, paid firefighter, or paid emergency worker, to include a mental disease or disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder, that arises out of and in the course of employment without regard to whether there was an accompanying physical injury.

Relating to workers' compensation; to amend Section 25-5-110, Code of Alabama 1975, to further define the term occupational disease to include a mental disease or disorder arising out of and in the course of employment of a paid law enforcement officer, paid firefighter, or paid emergency medical worker without regard to whether there was an accompanying physical injury.