Nevada AB142: Revises provisions relating to industrial insurance. (BDR 53-876)

What the bill says

An act relating to industrial insurance; revising the list of persons who constitute a first responder for the purpose of provisions governing the circumstances under which a first responder may receive compensation under industrial insurance for certain stress-related claims; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Under existing law, with certain exceptions, an injury or disease sustained by an employee that is caused by stress is compensable under industrial insurance if it arose out of and in the course of his or her employment…

From the enrolled text, May 22, 2025:

AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; revising the list of persons who constitute a first responder for the purpose of provisions governing the circumstances under which a first responder may receive compensation under industrial insurance for certain stress-related claims; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Under existing law, with certain exceptions, an injury or disease sustained by an employee that is caused by stress is compensable under industrial insurance if it arose out of and in the course of his or her employment. Existing law deems an injury or disease caused by stress that afflicts an employee who is a first responder to arise out of and in the course of employment if the employee proves by clear and convincing medical or psychiatric evidence that the employee has a mental injury which is caused by extreme stress for which the primary cause was the employee witnessing an event or series of events during the course of his or her employment that involved: (1) the death, or the aftermath of the death, of a person as a result of a violent event; or (2) an injury, or the aftermath of an injury, that involves grievous bodily harm of a nature that shocks the conscience. Existing law defines the term "first responder" for the purposes of those provisions …

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Sponsors

• Elaine Marzola (D, 21) · primary sponsor