Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Session
- 2026RS
- Chamber
- lower
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Emergency Medical Services, Firefighters And Fire Departments, Labor And Industry, Mental Health, Military Affairs And Civil Defense, Occupations And Professions, Peace Officers And Law Enforcement, State Employees, Workers Compensation
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-01-06 05:00:00
Source-supplied abstracts
Amend KRS 342.0011, relating to workers' compensation, to expand the definition of "injury" to include psychological injuries for police officers, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, front-line staff members, or members of the National Guard; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to establish when psychological injuries are valid workers' compensation claims when not a direct result of a physical injury.
Sponsors
- L. Burke (primary), primary
- C. Aull (primary), primary
- G. Brown Jr. (primary), primary
- B. Chester-Burton (primary), primary
- A. Gentry (primary), primary
- T. Hampton (primary), primary