NEW PTSD law covers Corrections Officers

One of the new Minnesota laws taking affect January 1, 2019 is one that recognizes PTSD as covered by Workers Comp for Public Safety and First Responders including Corrections Officers.

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Occupational Disease/PTSD/ Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

This paragraph creates a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) presumption for an employee who was employed on active duty as:

• a licensed police officer;
• a firefighter;
• a paramedic;
• an emergency medical technician;
• a licensed nurse employed to provide emergency medical services outside of a medical facility;
• a public safety dispatcher;
• an officer employed by the state or a political subdivision at corrections, detention or secure treatment facility;
• a sheriff or full-time deputy sheriff of any county; or
• a member of the Minnesota State Patrol.