Bill 151 explained in plain English
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (PTSD Benefits), 2017
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill 151, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (PTSD Benefits), 2017, amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, to broaden eligibility for post-traumatic stress disorder benefits.
This Act, called the Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (PTSD Benefits), 2017, expands who can receive benefits under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It specifically includes nurses, certain health care professionals, and additional workers involved in police services.
- Amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, to add nurses to the list of workers eligible for PTSD benefits.
- Amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, to add front-line workers and health care professionals involved in delivering health care services, including home care, who assist other workers in stressful situations, to the list of workers eligible for PTSD benefits.
- Amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, to include workers other than police officers who provide police services or support police work, such as those in investigative support, forensics, offender transport, and civilian police force members or employees, as eligible for PTSD benefits.
- Modifies the definition of "correctional services officer" within the Act to include bailiffs, probation officers, or parole officers.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Nurses
- Front line workers and health care professionals who deliver health care services (including home care) and assist other workers in stressful situations.
- Correctional services officers
- Bailiffs, probation officers, and parole officers
- Police officers
- Workers who provide police services or support police work (e.g., investigative support, forensics, offender transport officers, civilian members or employees of a police force).
- Workers' Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
- Expanded entitlement to benefits under the insurance plan for post-traumatic stress disorder for certain categories of workers.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The specific details or criteria for "front line workers and health care professionals who are involved in the delivery of health care services, including the delivery of home care services, and who provide close assistance to other workers listed in this subsection in stressful and traumatic situations in a health care setting" are not further defined in the provided text.
Expands the categories of workers who are entitled to benefits under the insurance plan for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Source: Section 1
Changes the definition of "correctional services officer" to include bailiffs, probation officers, or parole officers.
Source: Section 1 (1)
Adds a definition for "nurse" as a member of the College of Nurses of Ontario.
Source: Section 1 (2)
Revises the description of police officers and other workers who provide police services or support police work, such as investigative support, forensics, offender transport officers, and civilian members or employees of a police force.
Source: Section 1 (3)
Adds "Nurses" as a category of workers eligible for PTSD benefits.
Source: Section 1 (4), paragraph 6.1
Adds "Front line workers and health care professionals" involved in health care delivery and assisting other workers in stressful situations to the list of eligible workers.
Source: Section 1 (4), paragraph 6.2
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