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  6. SB166 Alabama 2021 Session

SB166 Alabama 2021 Session

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Text
  • 4 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Will Barfoot
  • Gerald H. Allen
  • Clyde Chambliss
  • Donnie Chesteen
  • Garlan Gudger
  • Andrew Jones
  • Steve Livingston
  • Del Marsh
  • Tim Melson
  • Greg J. Reed
  • Dan Roberts
  • Clay Scofield
  • Shay Shelnutt
  • Rodger Smitherman
  • Larry Stutts
  • J.T. Waggoner
  • Tom Whatley
Session
Regular Session 2021
Title
Workers' compensation, firefighters, law enforcement officers, diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, reimbursed for certain out-of-pocket expenses, co's and municipalities required to maintain certain disability insurance coverage
Description

Under existing law, when an employer and employee are subject to the workers' compensation laws, an employee who is disabled or killed as a result of an occupational disease is entitled to compensation

Also under existing law, an occupational disease is not considered to include a mental disease or disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder, unless a physical injury accompanies the mental disease or disorder

This bill would provide that a law enforcement officer or firefighter employed by a municipality, county, or fire district and diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder would be reimbursed for certain co-payments for treatment or would require a county or municipality to maintain sufficient coverage for the reimbursement of co-payments

This bill would also require counties, municipalities, and fire districts to provide disability payments or coverage for law enforcement officers and firefighters who are unable to return to work as a result of PTSD

Relating to counties, municipalities, and fire districts; to provide that a law enforcement officer or firefighter employed by a county, municipality, or fire district and diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder would be reimbursed for certain co-payments for treatment under certain conditions; to require counties, municipalities, and fire districts to maintain certain disability insurance coverage for law enforcement officers and firefighters who are unable to return to work as a result of post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions; and to exclude certain payments and reimbursement from state income taxation.

Subjects
Workers' Compensation

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
February 2, 2021 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs

Bill Text

Download SB166 Alabama 2021 Session PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text SB166 Alabama 2021 Session - Introduced
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