In Legislature's Final Hours, Lawmaker Urges Constituents to Call About PTSD Bill

With the state's legislative session down to its final hours — it adjourns at midnight tonight — Sen. Dan Schoen, DFL-St. Paul Park, is urging Minnesotans to tell their House representatives to pass SF 1293. The measure, once a routine workers' compensation bill, became much more after the Senate approved Schoen's amendment to it earlier this month. The amendment creates a legal presumption that first responders' post-traumatic stress disorder diagnoses are linked to work, making it easier for them to receive workers' compensation benefits.&n...