First responders in Utah would automatically satisfy the requirement for proving a causal connection between employment and mental, physical or emotional injuries relating to stress under bill introduced in the state House of Representatives.
Workers filing mental stress claims in Utah must prove sufficient legal and medical causation to employment. HB 209, by Rep. Karen Kwan, D-Murray, would say this requirement is satisfied any time the person filing a claim is a first responder.
Unlike most presumptions of compensability, HB 209 does not identify any way for an employer to challenge a...
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