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NJ A161

NJ A161
Revises workers' compensation coverage for certain injuries to volunteer and professional public safety and law enforcement personnel.


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Introduced
01/11/2022
In Committee
11/30/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/08/2024

Introduced Session

2022-2023 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Revises workers' compensation coverage for certain injuries to volunteer and professional public safety and law enforcement personnel.

AI Summary

This bill revises the workers' compensation coverage for certain injuries to volunteer and professional public safety and law enforcement personnel. It establishes a rebuttable presumption that cardiovascular or cerebrovascular injuries or deaths occurring to these individuals while responding to or remediating from a law enforcement, public safety, or medical emergency are compensable under workers' compensation laws. The bill also expands the categories of personnel covered, including emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and 9-1-1 dispatchers. The presumption of compensability can be rebutted by clear and convincing medical evidence that the work experience was not a substantial cause of the injury.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment

Sponsors (9)

Last Action

Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee (on 11/30/2023)

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