MLAC Discussing Mental Stress Presumption Language

Oregon’s workers’ compensation advisory committee will discuss draft legislative language that would create a presumption that acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder are compensable for cops, firefighters and related positions. The Management-Labor Advisory Committee is meeting today to discuss proposed amendments to Senate Bill 508. Language posted to the MLAC website would create a presumption that claims filed by specified public-sector workers are compensable when the worker “establishes through a preponderance of the persuasive medical evidence from a...