Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder; law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Provides that an anxiety disorder or depressive disorder, as both are defined in the bill, incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act on the same basis as post-traumatic stress disorder, except in the case of responding to crime scenes for investigation. The bill provides that a mental health professional must diagnose the covered individual as suffering from anxiety disorder or depressive disorder as a result of a qualifying event, defined in the bill as an incident or exposure occurring in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2023, and includes other conditions for compensability. This bill is identical to SB 904.

Statutes affected:
House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101844D: 65.2-107
House: Printed as engrossed 23101844D-E: 65.2-107
Senate: Committee substitute printed 23106570D-S1: 65.2-107
House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1775ER): 65.2-107
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0243): 65.2-107