The Florida Senate

SB 816: Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Correctional Officers

GENERAL BILL by Torres

Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Correctional Officers; Providing that, under certain circumstances, posttraumatic stress disorder suffered by a correctional officer is an occupational disease compensable by workers’ compensation benefits; specifying that certain benefits do not require a physical injury and are not subject to certain apportionment or limitations; requiring an employing agency to provide specified mental health training, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  11/6/2019	Senate	• Filed
  11/21/2019	Senate	• Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 61
  1/14/2020	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 61
  3/14/2020	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Banking and Insurance

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• SB 816, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/6/2019 at 4:16 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 415	Workers' Compensation Benefits For Correctional Officers	Mercado	Identical	Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  112.1817		Page 1 (pdf)

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