Lawmakers give green light to comp bill on audible trauma
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Colorado lawmakers on Tuesday sent to Gov. Jared Polis a bill that would make workers subjected to audible psychological trauma eligible for workers compensation benefits.
The House passed S.B. 26 on Tuesday after the Senate passed it on Feb. 4, according to a legislative digest.
The bill amends current code to establish “that a worker's visual or audible exposure to the serious bodily injury or death, or the immediate aftermath of the serious bodily injury or death, of one or more people as the result of a violent event, the intentional act of another person, or an accident is a psychologically traumatic event” that would trigger workers compensation in the event of a mental injury diagnosis.
