Bill Would Provide PTSD Coverage to Dispatchers

A Virginia lawmaker is making another run at providing workers’ compensation coverage for emergency dispatchers who have post-traumatic stress disorder. Del. David L. Bulova, D-Fairfax, introduced House Bill 68 ahead of the 2024 legislative session, proposing to add dispatchers to the list of workers who can receive comp benefits for PTSD. Lawmakers in 2020 passed legislation allowing police and firefighters to receive comp benefits for PTSD and exempting them from the requirement to prove a mental trauma accompanied by a physical injury or that resulted from an unusually shocking...