Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2143	House Author:  Turner, John et al.
Effective:  9-1-19	Senate Sponsor:  Whitmire et al.

            House Bill 2143 amends the Labor Code to specify that post‑traumatic stress disorder suffered by a first responder employed by a political subdivision of the state is compensable under the workers' compensation system if it is based on a diagnosis that the disorder was caused by one or more events occurring in the course and scope of the first responder's employment and if the preponderance of evidence indicates that the event or events were a producing cause of the disorder. The bill establishes that the date of injury for post‑traumatic stress disorder suffered by such a first responder is the date on which the first responder first knew or should have known that the disorder may be related to the first responder's employment.