Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2624
Helping Heroes Act; provide certain benefits for law enforcement and first responders diagnosed with PTSD.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT THE HELPING HEROES ACT TO PROVIDE THAT ANY POLICE OFFICER, FIREFIGHTER OR PUBLIC EMS PERSONNEL WHO IS DIAGNOSED BY A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL WITH PTSD, DURING HIS OR HER NORMAL COURSE OF DUTY SHALL BE PRESUMED TO HAVE A DISEASE OR INFIRMITY CONNECTED TO WORK-RELATED SERVICE AS A FIRST RESPONDER. TO PROVIDE CERTAIN ALTERNATIVES TO PURSUING WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS; TO SET A LIMIT ON THE AMOUNT OF TREATMENT AND PAID TIME OFF AN ELIGIBLE FIRST RESPONDER MAY RECEIVE; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN EXCLUSIONS TO THE ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT FUNDING FOR THE HEROES ACT SHALL COME FROM THE FUNDS ALLOCATED IN THE FIRST RESPONDERS HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 16 to January 31, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
InsuranceJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 16 – Jan 31
- Jan 16Referred to the Senate committees on Insurance and on Appropriations
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To Insurance;AppropriationsSenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate