New Law Provides Comp to First Responders With PTSD

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Thursday signed into law a measure that makes line-of-duty mental injuries compensable for first responders. Beginning in 2025, S.B. 1457 will allow for workers' compensation benefits for police officers, professional and volunteer firefighters, and emergency medical technicians diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder whose mental injury is connected to “responding to an emergency.” The bill defines PTSD as that which is connected to witnessing or experiencing death, near death or a threat to the “physical integrity of others” an...