H 4777

  • South Carolina House Bill
  • 2019-2020 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 14, 2020
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Workers' compensation

Abstract

A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 42-1-160, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEFINITIONS OF "INJURY" AND "PERSONAL INJURY" IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION OF "FIRST RESPONDER" AND TO MODIFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH AN EMPLOYEE SEEKING WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY STRESS, MENTAL INJURY, OR MENTAL ILLNESS, AND TO ADD MENTAL ILLNESS TO RELATED CONDITIONS THAT MAY BE COMPENSABLE IF RESULTING FROM A SIGNIFICANT TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE.

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Mar 04, 2020

House

Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ridgeway

Jan 16, 2020

House

Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Trantham, Wheeler

Jan 15, 2020

House

Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey, Davis

Jan 14, 2020

House

Referred to Committee on Judiciary

House

Introduced and read first time

Dec 11, 2019

House

Prefiled

House

Referred to Committee on Judiciary

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