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SB 896 Workers' compensation; weather as risk of public safety officer's employment,injuries incurred.

Introduced by: Bryce E. Reeves | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Workers' compensation; injuries incurred by public safety employees. States that an injury to a public safety officer in situations where weather constitutes a particular risk of his employment shall be compensable where the injury arose out of and in the course of his employment. The bill incorporates SB 1126, SB 915, and SB 1199 and is identical to HB 1347.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Workers' compensation; off-premises injuries incurred by public safety employees. Eliminates, with respect to off-premises injuries incurred by public safety employees, the condition for eligibility for workers' compensation benefits that the nature of an employee's employment exposed the employee to a particular risk of injury that is usually not faced by a member of the public. The measure would eliminate an employer's defense that such an injury was an act of God not covered by the Workers' Compensation Act because the risk of injury was no greater for the employee than for members of the public.