First-Responder PTSD Comp Bills Take Effect in Arizona, Rhode Island

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs this week signed into law legislation that would enable certain first responders diagnosed with job-related post-traumatic stress disorder to receive alternative treatments. The governor on Tuesday signed Senate Bill 1677, which would require employers to provide workers' compensation coverage to firefighters and peace officers who have PTSD, with the mandated coverage including methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA-assisted, therapy. The law would entitle the injured workers to one course of MDMA treatment protocol. MDMA treatment would have to be approved by ...