HB67 Alabama 2022 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2022

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

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, an employee who is disabled or killed as a result of an occupational disease is entitled to compensation</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> 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 copayments 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. </p>

Subjects

Workers' Compensation