Emergency responders who suffer mental illness after witnessing a violent act shouldn’t plan on getting workers’ compensation benefits.
State lawmakers changed positions on Thursday, April 10th voting down a bill (LB 1082) that would have made police officers, firefighters and other emergency workers who witnessed violent acts eligible for workers’ compensation benefits.
The second-round vote to kill the bill came just three days after lawmakers gave it first-round approval.
The bill had been watered down significantly since being introduced.
Under a previous version of the bill, any employee who witnessed a violent act and suffered mental illness would have been eligible work workers’ comp.
Topics Legislation Workers' Compensation
Was this article valuable?
Here are more articles you may enjoy.
AIG’s Turnaround Under Zaffino Sets Stage for New Leadership 
Hedge Funds Are Expanding Desks Designed to Profit From Natural-Catastrophe Risk 
Karen Read Sues Police Agencies That Investigated Her Boyfriend’s Death 
Acrisure Goes After Former Owners of Businesses it Acquired for Leaving to Compete 
