PTSD Presumption Bill Stalls as Legislature Turns Focus to Budget

Now that lawmakers have turned their attention to passing a budget, it's unlikely Minnesota will approve a post-traumatic stress disorder presumption for first responders this year despite a lawmaker's late-session attempt to gain momentum on the proposal. In the days leading up to Monday's proposed adjournment date, Sen. Dan Schoen, DFL-St. Paul Park, urged people to tell their lawmakers to support SF 1293. Though Minnesota's spring lawmaking session did not end Monday as planned, the bill was not called up before lawmakers turned their focus to the budget.  Mi...