SB 289

Title: Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement, etc.
Author: William Robert DeSteph Jr.

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
Senate: Read second time and engrossed

Bill Documents
SB 289 - Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101635D

SB 289 - Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101635D

SB 289 - Impact Statement - Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101635D

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