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Florida League of Cities

Workers' Compensation Benefits for First Responders (Watch)

CS/HB 689 (Giallombardo) and CS/SB 1066 (Burgess) specify that the time for notice of an injury or death in a compensable post-traumatic stress disorder claim must be properly noticed within 52 weeks after the qualifying event or the diagnosis of the disorder, whichever is later. CS/HB 689 was amended to expand workers' compensation coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for first responders to also include correctional officers. (Cruz)