S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4939
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 9, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to benefits
for police officers, correction officers, firefighters, and other
emergency personnel diagnosed with PTSD
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 10 of the workers' compensation
law is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
(C) WHERE A POLICE OFFICER, CORRECTION OFFICER, FIREFIGHTER, EMERGENCY
MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, PARAMEDIC, EMERGENCY DISPATCHER OR OTHER PERSON
CERTIFIED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE IN EMERGENCIES IS DIAGNOSED BY A
PSYCHIATRIST OR PSYCHOLOGIST TO HAVE POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, IT
SHALL BE PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN INCURRED DURING SERVICE IN THE LINE OF
DUTY AND SHALL BE COMPENSABLE, UNLESS IT IS SHOWN BY A PREPONDERANCE OF
THE EVIDENCE THAT THE POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER WAS CAUSED BY
NONSERVICE-CONNECTED RISK FACTORS OR NONSERVICE-CONNECTED EXPOSURE.
SUCH PERSON WHO IS DIAGNOSED WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER WITHIN
THREE YEARS OF THE LAST ACTIVE DATE OF EMPLOYMENT AS A POLICE OFFICER,
CORRECTION OFFICER, FIREFIGHTER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, PARAMED-
IC, EMERGENCY DISPATCHER OR OTHER PERSON CERTIFIED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL
CARE IN EMERGENCIES SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS UNDER THIS SUBDIVI-
SION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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