HB 742

Title: Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement, etc.
Author: Robert B. Bell III

Summary
Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Provides that an anxiety disorder or depressive disorder, as both are defined in the bill, incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act on the same basis as post-traumatic stress disorder. The bill provides that a mental health professional must diagnose the law-enforcement officer or firefighter as suffering from anxiety disorder or depressive disorder as a result of a qualifying event, as defined in the Code, and includes other conditions for compensability.

Status
House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement

Bill Documents
HB 742 - Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101170D
2022-01-11 - HB 742 (Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101170D)