WI SB168

Extends existing PTSD worker's compensation eligibility rules for law enforcement officers and full-time firefighters to additional first responders: emergency medical responders, EMS practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners, medical examiners, and their investigative staff

Removes the requirement that these newly covered workers demonstrate "unusual stress of greater dimensions than day-to-day emotional strain" to qualify for PTSD benefits without an accompanying physical injury

Allows claims for mental injuries without physical injury if PTSD is diagnosed by a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist, conditions are proven by preponderance of evidence, and the injury is not from a good faith employment action

Limits compensation for PTSD claims without physical injury to three times per lifetime regardless of employer changes, and caps treatment liability at 32 weeks after the injury is first reported

Takes effect when the Commissioner of Insurance approves new worker's compensation insurance rates following the bill's passage