Bills Have Different Standards for PTSD Coverage

Florida Democrats have introduced dueling bills that would allow first responders to receive workers' compensation benefits in mental-mental claims for injuries such as PTSD, but the measures have differing evidentiary standards. Workers advocates support Senate Bill 126, sponsored by Sen. Victor Torres, D-Kissimmee, who proposes to change the evidentiary standard from the current “clear and convincing” to “a preponderance.” The proposal would cover first responders for lost wages even if no physical injury occurred. Current Florida law allows medical ben...