Key Votes
Amdt 2454 - Limiting First Responder PTSD Death Benefits to 1 Year - Key Vote
Nebraska Key Votes
Stages
Family
- Amdt 2454 - Limiting First Responder PTSD Death Benefits to 1 Year
- Amdt 2455 - Limiting First Responder PTSD Benefits to 26 Weeks
- LB 780 - PTSD Workers' Compensation Benefits for First Responders
Issues
Stage Details
Amendment - Introduced (Senate) - April 6, 2010
Title: Limiting First Responder PTSD Death Benefits to 1 Year
Amendment - Amendment Rejected (Senate) (17-27) - April 6, 2010 (Key vote)
Title: Limiting First Responder PTSD Death Benefits to 1 Year
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt an amendment to LB 780 that limits workers' compensation death benefits for dependents of first responders whose death resulted directly from mental injury or mental illness as a result of "extraordinary and unusual circumstances" of their employment conditions to 1 year after the incident that resulted in the mental injury or mental illness.
Highlights:
-Prohibits dependents from receiving death benefits if the death occurred 1 year or more after the incident that resulted in the mental injury or mental illness (Sec. 1b).
