PUBLIC BENEFITS-MENTAL HEALTH

Session: 103rd General Assembly
Year: 2024
Bill #: HB5083
Category: Labor, Personnel and Pensions
Position: No position
Mandate? Yes
Revenue Loss? Yes
Authority Preemption?

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Summary as Introduced

Amends the Public Employee Disability Act, the Line of Duty Compensation Act, and the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Includes mental health professionals within the scope of the Acts. Defines "mental health professional" as any person employed and dispatched by a unit of local government to respond to crisis calls received on public emergency service lines instead of or in conjunction with law enforcement.



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