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This bill expands existing provisions for mental or nervous injuries sustained by first responders to include 911 public safety telecommunicators, who are defined as individuals with the same meaning as in another Florida statute (s. 401.465(1)). This means that 911 public safety telecommunicators, like other first responders such as law enforcement officers, firefighters, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians, will now be eligible for certain medical benefits if they experience a mental or nervous injury as a result of their employment. The bill clarifies that for these injuries to be compensable, they must be demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence, and if the mental or nervous injury is not accompanied by a physical injury, only medical benefits, not indemnity (lost wage payments), will be payable, though temporary benefits for 911 public safety telecommunicators will not be subject to certain limitations. The Legislature has declared this act to be of important state interest and it will take effect on July 1, 2026.

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https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/774