Bill 2 explained in plain English
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), 2014
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This bill amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, to create a rebuttable presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is an occupational disease for emergency response workers.
Bill 2, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), 2014, amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997. It introduces a rule that presumes post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to be an occupational disease for certain emergency response workers, unless the contrary can be proven. This presumption applies to PTSD diagnosed on or after the date the bill received Royal Assent. The bill also outlines how claims related to this presumption are handled, including new claims, refiled claims, and pending appeals or claims.
- Amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997.
- Defines 'emergency response worker' to include firefighters, paramedics, and police officers.
- Defines 'post-traumatic stress disorder'.
- Creates a rebuttable presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is an occupational disease for emergency response workers, unless proven otherwise.
- Specifies that this presumption applies to diagnoses made on or after the date the bill receives Royal Assent.
- Sets out rules for handling claims related to post-traumatic stress disorder under this new presumption, including new claims, refiled claims, and pending appeals.
- Allows the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations prescribing conditions and restrictions for the presumption, and for transitional matters.
- Emergency response workers, defined as firefighters, paramedics, and police officers.
- Workers' Safety and Insurance Board (the Board).
- Appeals Tribunal.
- Survivors of emergency response workers.
- Emergency response workers have a right to a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is an occupational disease, unless the contrary is shown.
- The Board must decide claims in accordance with section 15.3 and its regulations.
- The Appeals Tribunal must refer pending claims back to the Board if the presumption applies.
- The presumption applies to post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosed on or after the date the bill receives Royal Assent.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The presumption is rebuttable, meaning the contrary can be shown.
- The presumption is subject to conditions and restrictions that may be prescribed by regulation.
- The specific conditions and restrictions for the presumption are not detailed in the bill text but can be set by regulation.
- The bill does not specify what constitutes 'proof to the contrary'.
New sections are added to establish a presumption for post-traumatic stress disorder as an occupational disease for emergency response workers, and to set rules for claims related to this presumption.
Source: Section 1
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