Amends workers' compensation law to address claims for mental injury due to extraordinary work-related stress.

This bill amends the workers' compensation law to allow claims for mental injury premised upon extraordinary work-related stress, including post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, or major depressive disorder. It specifies that such claims can be made by police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and emergency dispatchers. The bill requires that the disorder must arise from extraordinary stress attributable to distinct work-related events during job duties.

Amends workers' compensation law to address claims for mental injury due to extraordinary work-related stress.

This bill amends the workers' compensation law to allow claims for mental injury premised upon extraordinary work-related stress, including post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, or major depressive disorder. It specifies that such claims can be made by police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and emergency dispatchers. The bill requires that the disorder must arise from extraordinary stress attributable to distinct work-related events during job duties.