Cops and firefighters suffering from PTSD want the condition covered by Ohio’s workers’ compensation system — something the Ohio House included in the BWC budget bill but the Senate stripped out.
Now the House and Senate are at loggerheads over which version of the bill should become law.The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is a state run insurance program for injured workers that pays their lost wages and medical expenses. It is funded by employer premiums and investment returns.READ MORE: 5 things to know about the Dayton region’s housing market Senators said they prefer to deal with the issue of covering post traumatic stress disorder as a standalone bill.“We were very disappointed to learn that the Ohio Senate removed the PTSD provision from the Ohio BWC budget,” said the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio in a tweet. “We have been leading this effort to get first responders protected by this for years and the FOP of Ohio will not stop fighting for our members!”
Police and firefighters argue that they are exposed to trauma on the job but there is no help for them to cope with the mental toll that takes. Ohio has more than 30,000 police officers and firefighters.
