SB 28 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0353
05/06
SENATE BILL 28
SPONSORS: Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Long, Dist 20; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Rep. Soucy, Merr. 21; Rep. S. Pearson, Rock. 13
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that "date of injury" for purposes of workers' compensation claims by emergency responders with acute stress disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder shall be determined in accordance with the statute governing date of injury for occupational disease or cumulative trauma.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0353
05/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Workers' Compensation; Acute Stress Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Amend RSA 281-A:17-c to read as follows:
281-A:17-c Acute Stress Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Presumption.
I. Notwithstanding RSA 281-A:2, XI and XIII, [RSA 281-A:16,] and RSA 281-A:27, there shall be a prima facie presumption that acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder in an emergency responder, as defined in RSA 281-A:2, V-c are occupationally caused.
II. For purposes of this section, the date of injury for acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder in an emergency responder shall be subject to the provisions for determining date of injury for occupational disease or cumulative trauma under RSA 281-A:16.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 15, 2025 | Senate | Hearing |
Jan. 9, 2025: Hearing: 01/15/2025, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 5
Jan. 7, 2025: Introduced 01/08/2025 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 2