Sub. S.B. No. 252 Summary

• Makes post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) eligible for workers' compensation benefits for peace officers, firefighters, and emergency medical workers when arising from their employment, without requiring an accompanying physical injury.

• Adds definitions for "peace officer," "firefighter," and "emergency medical worker" to section 4123.01 to establish uniform terminology across the workers' compensation statutes.

• Modifies the definition of "injury" in section 4123.01 to explicitly include PTSD diagnoses for these three worker categories when the condition arises from their employment.

• Replaces references to multiple emergency medical professional titles ("emergency medical technicians-basic," "emergency medical technicians-intermediate," "emergency medical technicians-paramedic," and "first responders") with the single term "emergency medical worker" throughout relevant code sections.

• Updates section 4123.46 to clarify that the surplus fund shall disburse benefits to off-duty peace officers, firefighters, and emergency medical workers injured while responding to inherently dangerous situations.