Bill 67 explained in plain English
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), 2014
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Bill 67, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), 2013, creates a rebuttable presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder in emergency response workers is an occupational disease.
This bill amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, to create a presumption for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in emergency response workers. If an emergency response worker is diagnosed with PTSD, it is presumed to be an occupational disease caused by their employment, unless the contrary can be proven. The bill defines 'emergency response worker' to include firefighters, police officers, and paramedics. It also sets out rules for filing new claims and refiling previously denied claims related to PTSD. The presumption applies to PTSD diagnosed on or after the date the bill receives Royal Assent. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing conditions and restrictions for this presumption, as well as transitional matters.
- Amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997.
- Creates a new section (15.3) defining 'emergency response worker' to include firefighters, police officers, and paramedics.
- Establishes a rebuttable presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in an emergency response worker is an occupational disease.
- Specifies that this presumption applies to PTSD diagnosed on or after the bill receives Royal Assent.
- Allows for regulations to prescribe conditions and restrictions for the PTSD presumption.
- Provides rules for filing new claims and refiling denied claims for PTSD by emergency response workers or their survivors.
- Removes time limits for refiling denied claims related to PTSD.
- Requires that pending appeals and claims be decided based on the new provisions.
- Emergency response workers (firefighters, police officers, paramedics).
- Survivors of emergency response workers.
- The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (the Board).
- The Appeals Tribunal.
- Emergency response workers diagnosed with PTSD have a presumed entitlement to benefits as an occupational disease, unless the contrary is shown.
- Workers or their survivors have the right to file new claims or refile denied claims for PTSD under the new presumption.
- The Board has the obligation to decide claims based on the new presumption and regulations.
- The presumption for post-traumatic stress disorder applies to diagnoses made on or after the date the Act receives Royal Assent.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill does not explicitly mention penalties. It focuses on establishing a presumption for claims.
- The presumption is rebuttable, meaning the contrary can be shown.
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing conditions and restrictions for the presumption, which are not detailed in the bill text.
- The bill does not specify the exact date of Royal Assent, only that the presumption applies to diagnoses made on or after that date.
Adds new sections (15.3 and 15.4) to create a presumption for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in emergency response workers, defines 'emergency response worker,' and sets out rules for claims related to PTSD.
Source: Section 1
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