2SSB 5454 — Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting registered nurses.

What this bill does

Provides that the rule prohibiting occupational disease claims for mental health conditions caused by stress does not apply to direct care registered nurses for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), when the PTSD manifests after the individual has been employed on a fully compensated basis as a direct care registered nurse in the state for at least 90 consecutive days.

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Floor votes

• House — Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 7, 2023
  57 yea · 40 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 18, 2023
  30 yea · 18 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 2023
  35 yea · 13 nay · 1 not voting

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