Bill Would Extend PTSD Coverage to Coroners, Death Investigators

Idaho lawmakers introduced legislation that would expand the definition of “first responder” under the state’s workers' compensation law to include coroners and certain death investigation personnel for purposes of post-traumatic stress disorder coverage. SB 1425, introduced Monday, would add coroners, medicolegal death investigators and qualifying coroner employees — workers whose duties “include and primarily consist of the determination of cause and manner of death, including death investigation, forensic pathology and related duties, and supportive admini...