Lawmakers Consider Narrow Mental Injury Bill

Lawmakers in South Carolina are considering a bill that would amend the state's workers' compensation laws to provide the requirements for a first responder to file a workers’ comp claim for a “stress or mental injury” that is not accompanied by a physical injury. HB 4992, introduced Wednesday and referred to the Committee on Judiciary, states that a first responder must witness a “[s]ignificant traumatic experience or situation” to qualify for benefits, listing 11 types of incidents that one must “see, hear or smell for oneself,&rdqu...