A Florida state senator's bill would allow first responders to collect workers' compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder without an accompanying physical injury if they could prove through clear and convincing medical evidence that they have the disorder.
Sen. Keith Perry, R-Gainesville, filed Senate Bill 516 on Friday.
Claimants' attorney Paolo Longo, who represents an Orlando police officer traumatized by the Pulse nightclub shooting, said he is in talks with three lawmakers to file a bill that also deals with so-called "mental-mental" injuri...
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