Governor OKs PTSD, Uninsured Employer Fund Bills

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law bills that will create an uninsured employers fund, and allow workers to be compensated for post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental impairments. The governor on Monday signed HB 1119, by Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp, D-Jefferson, that will use penalties charged to companies illegally operating without workers’ compensation coverage to create a fund to provide benefits for workers whose employers were uninsured. The bill also revamps the process for the Division of Workers’ Compensation to penalize uninsured employers. HB 1119...