MN SF3508

Amends Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 176.011, subdivision 15, to modify occupational disease definitions and eligibility for workers' compensation claims

Defines "mental impairment" as a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder by a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist, using criteria from the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Creates presumption that mental impairment is occupational disease for police officers, firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, nurses providing emergency care, forest officers, state correctional officers, sheriffs, and members of Minnesota State Patrol or conservation officer service, unless resulting from disciplinary action or similar good faith employer actions

Clarifies that infectious or communicable diseases contracted by emergency medical personnel outside hospitals are presumptively occupational diseases, though employers may rebut with substantial factors communicated at time of liability denial

Specifies that multiple compensable mental impairment claims from a single event constitute one loss occurrence for insurance purposes