Kentucky House Bill 26: AN ACT relating to workers' compensation for first responders.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session

What it does

Amend KRS 342.0011, relating to workers' compensation, to expand the definition of "injury" to include psychological injuries for police officers, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, front-line staff members, or members of the National Guard; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to establish when psychological injuries are valid workers' compensation claims when not a direct result of a physical injury.

Latest action

to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) (2026-01-13)

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