EMSAC Urges Vote In Favor Of HB1229, Permitting PTSD Claims Under Workers Comp.
Posted: April 14, 2017
Please contact your Colorado state senator before Tuesday, April 18, and tell him, or her, to vote for House Bill 1229 unamended.
EMSAC testified in favor of the bill, unamended, as did Colorado's police/sheriffs, state troopers, firefighters and search and rescue communities.
HB17-1229 would allow emergency personnel to file a workers compensation insurance claim for PTSD for "...AN EVENT THAT IS WITHIN A WORKER'S USUAL EXPERIENCE... or if "THE WORKER REPEATEDLY VISUALLY WITNESSES..." Both of these circumstances are currently not covered.
An amendment favored by some hospitals that wish to exclude ED staff, does so by sharply limiting who could file a claim by including only peace officers, firefighters, EMS (EMT or above), and an undefined "police dispatcher." The amendment did not include SAR personnel, EMS/fire/sheriff's dispatchers, flight nurses or air medical pilots - or any others.
Pinnacol Assurance, the state's largest workers compensation insurer, supports the bill and does not anticipate an increase in premiums for emergency organizations. Pinnacol does not want coverage specified by occupation, but by exposure to stress, and opposed the amendment.
The bill will be debated in the Senate Tuesday morning, April 18, Please contact your senator by before then.
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Call Your State Representative To Support "Long Bill"
Posted: April 5, 2017
Please call your State Representative and ask them to support the Mitsch-Bush / Liston amendment to the State Budget, more commonly known as the "Long Bill." The amendment supports EMS by increasing state Medicaid funding for EMS.
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We just heard that the House will consider and vote on the amendment tomorrow so make your call soon.
Why vote for the amendment?
- EMS is underfunded and the budget amendment will improve long term financial sustainability of EMS agencies.
- Currently, Medicaid pays pennies on the dollar for this vital community service.
- While the Medicaid increase in the budget does not solve the Medicaid funding dilemma it is a step in the right direction.
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