HB 1655 - DIGEST |
(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB) |
States that claims made by a member of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system, based on mental conditions or mental disabilities caused by stress, fall within the definition of "occupational disease." |
States that there is a prima facie presumption, in the case of firefighters and law enforcement officers who are covered under the state industrial insurance act, that posttraumatic stress disorder is an occupational disease. |