Workers' Compensation For Mental Impairment
Summary
The bill adds the definitions 'psychologically traumatic event' and 'serious bodily injury' to the workers' compensation statutes for the purposes of clarifying a worker's right to compensation for any claim of mental impairment.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2017
Committee Review
Apr 2017
House Passage
Mar 2017
Senate Passage
Apr 2017
Signed into Law
Jun 2017
Introduced Mar 6, 2017
Signed Jun 5, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jun 5, 2017
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
Apr 12, 2017
Committee
Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
legislature
Mar 29, 2017
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology
legislature
Mar 21, 2017
Committee
House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
legislature
Mar 6, 2017
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services
legislature
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John Cooke
RRepublican
P
Jon Becker
RRepublican
P
JS
Jonathan Singer
DDemocratic
P
NT
Nancy Todd
DDemocratic
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