Firefighters Urge Senate Committee to Pass PTSD Bill

Firefighters pleaded with members of a South Carolina state Senate committee on Wednesday to pass a bill that would allow first responders to collect workers' compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress syndrome, according to a report by News 4 in Charleston. Senate Bill 0429 by Sen. Paul Thurmond, R-Charleston, would allow firefighters, law-enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians and paramedics to receive benefits for PTSD caused by their direct involvement or subjection to a significant traumatic experience or situation, "without regard to whether the experience or ...