Private sector emergency medical service providers who contract with the government would be entitled to a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is a compensable condition, under legislation recently introduced in the California Legislature.
Assemblyman Freddie Rodriguez, D-Chino, on Monday amended AB 2447 to add language that would create the PTSD presumption for emergency medical workers. The bill, as introduced, proposed “technical, nonsubstantive” changes to the Health and Safety Code.
As amended, AB 2447 would presume PTSD is compensable for private sector emer...
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