General Assembly Considering Mental Trauma Bill

The Connecticut General Assembly is considering legislation that would provide benefits for mental trauma when a worker witnesses a maiming or death in the workplace.The Labor and Public Employees Committee voted 7-4 on Thursday to advance Senate Bill 823, which would provide benefits for any worker diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after witnessing a maiming or death that was not the result of negligence, an accident or natural causes.The bill, filed by Labor and Public Employees Committee Chairwoman Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, would apply to future incidents but would not provide ben...