Committee OKs Expanded PTSD Presumption, Apportionment Restrictions

The California Assembly Insurance Committee unanimously approved a bill that would expand a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is an occupational condition for specific public sector workers, despite objections that proponents haven’t demonstrated the need for the initial presumption, let alone a reason to apply it to more workers. Committee members on Thursday also unanimously approved a bill that would prohibit apportionment based on protected characteristics. The committee voted 14-0 to pass Senate Bill 284, by Sen. Henry Stern, D-Canoga Park, which would expand a presu...