2SSB 5454: Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting registered nurses.
Signed into law: Chapter 370, Laws of 2023
- Sponsor
- Cleveland
- Introduced
- January 18, 2023
- Status
- C 370 L 23
- Last action
- Effective date 1/1/2024. (May 9, 2023)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:03 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
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, 202357 yea · 40 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 18, 202330 yea · 18 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 202335 yea · 13 nay · 1 not voting
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