Enrolled SB 147
LAWS OF ALASKA
2024
Source Chapter No.
HCS CSSB 147(L&C) am H _______
AN ACT
Relating to workers' compensation reemployment rights and benefits; establishing a workers'
compensation stay-at-work program; relating to the workers' compensation benefits guaranty
fund; relating to the presumption of compensability for workers' compensation claims related
to post-traumatic stress disorder; relating to the Alaska senior benefits payment program; and
providing for an effective date.
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
THE ACT FOLLOWS ON PAGE 1
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AN ACT
Relating to workers' compensation reemployment rights and benefits; establishing a workers' 1
compensation stay-at-work program; relating to the workers' compensation benefits guaranty 2
fund; relating to the presumption of compensability for workers' compensation claims related 3
to post-traumatic stress disorder; relating to the Alaska senior benefits payment program; and 4
providing for an effective date. 5
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* Section 1. AS 23.30.005(h) is amended to read: 7
(h) The department shall adopt rules for all panels [,] and procedures for the 8
periodic selection, retention, and removal of both rehabilitation specialists and 9
physicians under AS 23.30.041, 23.30.043, and 23.30.095, and shall adopt regulations
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to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The department may by regulation provide 11
for procedural, discovery, or stipulated matters to be heard and decided by the 12
commissioner or a hearing officer designated to represent the commissioner rather 13
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than a panel. If a procedural, discovery, or stipulated matter is heard and decided by 1
the commissioner or a hearing officer designated to represent the commissioner, the 2
action taken is considered the action of the full board on that aspect of the claim. 3
Process and procedure under this chapter shall be as summary and simple as possible. 4
The department, the board, or a member of it may for the purposes of this chapter 5
subpoena witnesses, administer or cause to be administered oaths, and [MAY] 6
examine or cause to have examined the parts of the books and records of the parties to 7
a proceeding that relate to questions in dispute. The superior court, on application of 8
the department, the board, or any members of it, shall enforce the attendance and 9
testimony of witnesses and the production and examination of books, papers, and 10
records. 11
* Sec. 2 AS 23.30.041(b) is amended to read: 12
(b) The administrator shall 13
(1) enforce regulations adopted by the board to implement this section; 14
(2) recommend regulations for adoption by the board that establish 15
performance and reporting criteria for rehabilitation specialists; 16
(3) enforce the quality and effectiveness of reemployment benefits 17
provided for under this section; 18
(4) review on an annual basis the performance of rehabilitation 19
specialists to determine continued eligibility for delivery of rehabilitation services; 20
(5) submit to the department, on or before October 1 [MAY 1] of each 21
year, a report of reemployment benefits provided under this section for the previous 22
calendar year; the report must include a general section, sections related to each 23
rehabilitation specialist employed under this section, and a statistical summary of all 24
rehabilitation cases, including 25
(A) the estimated and actual cost of each active rehabilitation 26
plan; 27
(B) the estimated and actual time of each rehabilitation plan; 28
(C) a status report on all individuals requesting, waiving, 29
beginning, completing, or terminating a reemployment benefits program 30
including 31
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(i) reasons for denial, waiver, suspension, or 1
termination; 2
(ii) dates of completion and return to work; and 3
(iii) other information required by the director; 4
(D) the cost of reemployment benefits; 5
(E) status reports of all individuals who successfully completed 6
a reemployment plan that includes 7
(i) the plan's occupational goal and whether the 8
individual obtained work after completion in the planned or another 9
occupation; and 10
(ii) the individual's employment status six months, one 11
year, and two years after reemployment plan completion; 12
(6) maintain a list of rehabilitation specialists who meet the 13
qualifications established under this section; 14
(7) promote awareness among physicians, adjusters, injured workers, 15
employers, employees, attorneys, training providers, and rehabilitation specialists of 16
the reemployment program established in this subsection; 17
(8) submit to the department, on or before October 1 of each year, 18
a report of stay-at-work benefits provided under AS 23.30.043 for the previous 19
calendar year; the report must include a general section, sections related to each 20
rehabilitation specialist employed under AS 23.30.043, and a statistical summary 21
of all stay-at-work cases, including 22
(A) the estimated and actual cost of each active stay-at-23
work plan; 24
(B) the estimated and actual time of each stay-at-work 25
plan; 26
(C) a status report on all individuals requesting, beginning, 27
completing, or terminating a stay-at-work plan, including 28
(i) reasons for denial or termination; 29
(ii) dates of completion and return to work; and 30
(iii) other information required by the director; 31
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(D) the cost of stay-at-work benefits; 1
(E) status reports of all individuals who successfully 2
completed a stay-at-work plan that includes 3
(i) the plan's occupational goal and whether the 4
individual returned to work after completion of the stay-at-work 5
plan; and 6
(ii) the individual's employment status six months, 7
one year, and two years after stay-at-work plan completion. 8
* Sec. 3. AS 23.30.041(c) is amended to read: 9
(c) An employee and an employer may stipulate to the employee's eligibility 10
for reemployment benefits at any time. If an employee suffers a compensable injury 11
and, as a result of the injury, the employee is totally unable, for 25 [45] consecutive 12
days, to return to the employee's employment at the time of injury, the administrator 13
shall notify the employee of the employee's rights under this section within 14 days 14
after the 25th [45TH] day. Within 10 days after the employee receives the 15
administrator's notification of the employee's rights, the employee shall elect, and 16
notify the administrator and the employer of the election, whether to participate 17
in the reemployment benefits process in accordance with this section or the stay-18
at-work benefits program established under AS 23.30.043. Except as provided in 19
AS 23.30.043, if [IF] the employee is totally unable to return to the employee's 20
employment for 90 [60] consecutive days as a result of the injury, the employee or 21
employer may request an eligibility evaluation. The administrator may approve the 22
request if the employee's injury may permanently preclude the employee's return to the 23
employee's occupation at the time of the injury. Except as provided in AS 23.30.043, 24
if [IF] the employee is totally unable to return to the employee's employment at the 25
time of the injury for 120 [90] consecutive days as a result of the injury, the 26
administrator shall, without a request, order an eligibility evaluation unless a 27
stipulation of eligibility was submitted. If the administrator approves a request or 28
orders an evaluation, the administrator shall, on a rotating and geographic basis, select 29
a rehabilitation specialist from the list maintained under (b)(6) of this section to 30
perform the eligibility evaluation. If the person that employs a rehabilitation specialist 31
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selected by the administrator to perform an eligibility evaluation under this subsection 1
is performing any other work on the same workers' compensation claim involving the 2
injured employee, the administrator shall select a different rehabilitation specialist. 3
* Sec. 4. AS 23.30.041(d) is amended to read: 4
(d) Within 60 [30] days after the referral by the administrator, the 5
rehabilitation specialist shall perform the eligibility evaluation and issue a report of 6
findings. [THE ADMINISTRATOR MAY GRANT UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 30 7
DAYS FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE ELIGIBILITY EVALUATION UPON 8
NOTIFICATION OF UNUSUAL AND EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES AND 9
THE REHABILITATION SPECIALIST'S REQUEST.] Within 14 days after receipt 10
of the report from the rehabilitation specialist, the administrator shall notify the parties 11
of the employee's eligibility for reemployment preparation benefits. Within 10 days 12
after the decision, either party may seek review of the decision by requesting a hearing 13
under AS 23.30.110. The hearing shall be held within 30 days after the hearing [IT] is 14
requested. The board shall uphold the decision of the administrator except for abuse of 15
discretion on the administrator's part. 16
* Sec. 5. AS 23.30.041(e) is amended to read: 17
(e) An employee shall be eligible for benefits under this section upon the 18
employee's written request and by having a physician predict that the employee will 19
have permanent physical capacities that are less than the physical demands of the 20
employee's job as described in the job analysis obtained from the most recent 21
version of the Occupational Information Network database published by the 22
United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 23
[1993 EDITION OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S 24
"SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF OCCUPATIONS DEFINED IN THE 25
REVISED DICTIONARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TITLES"] for 26
(1) the employee's job at the time of injury; or 27
(2) other jobs that exist in the labor market that the employee has held 28
or received training for within 10 years before the injury or that the employee has held 29
following the injury for a period long enough to obtain the skills to compete in the 30
labor market. [, ACCORDING TO SPECIFIC VOCATIONAL PREPARATION 31
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CODES AS DESCRIBED IN THE 1993 EDITION OF THE UNITED STATES 1
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S "SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF 2
OCCUPATIONS DEFINED IN THE REVISED DICTIONARY OF 3
OCCUPATIONAL TITLES."] 4
* Sec. 6. AS 23.30.041(f) is amended to read: 5
(f) An employee is not eligible for reemployment benefits if 6
(1) the employer offers employment within the employee's predicted 7
post-injury physical capacities at a wage equivalent to at least the state minimum wage 8
under AS 23.10.065 or 75 percent of the worker's gross hourly wages at the time of 9
injury, whichever is greater, and the employment prepares the employee to be 10
employable in other jobs that exist in the labor market; 11
(2) the employee previously declined the development of a 12
reemployment benefits plan under (g) of this section, received a job dislocation benefit 13
under (g)(2) of this section, and returned to work in the same or similar occupation in 14
terms of physical demands required of the employee at the time of the previous injury; 15
(3) the employee has been previously rehabilitated in a former 16
workers' [WORKER'S] compensation claim and returned to work in the same or 17
similar occupation in terms of physical demands required of the employee at the time 18
of the previous injury; [OR] 19
(4) at the time of medical stability, no permanent impairment is 20
identified or expected; 21
(5) the employee fails to timely notify the administrator and the 22
employer of the employee's election under (c) of this section, unless the parties 23
submit to the administrator a stipulation to a reemployment benefits eligibility 24
evaluation or to the employee's eligibility for reemployment benefits; 25
(6) the employee completed a stay-at-work plan under 26
AS 23.30.043; or 27
(7) the employee has not cooperated with the stay-at-work benefits 28
program under AS 23.30.043(l). 29
* Sec. 7. AS 23.30.041(h) is amended to read: 30
(h) Within 90 days after the rehabilitation specialist is selected or assigned 31
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[SPECIALIST'S SELECTION] under (g) of this section, the rehabilitation specialist 1
shall prepare and provide to the employee and employer a comple te 2
reemployment plan [MUST BE FORMULATED AND APPROVED]. The 3
reemployment plan must require continuous participation by the employee and must 4
maximize the usage of the employee's transferrable skills. The reemployment plan 5
must include at least the following: 6
(1) a determination of the occupational goal in the labor market; 7
(2) an inventory of the employee's technical skills, transferrable skills, 8
physical and intellectual capacities, academic achievement, emotional condition, and 9
family support; 10
(3) a plan to acquire the occupational skills to be employable; the plan 11
must consider use of training and employment services offered by the 12
Department of Labor and Workforce Development under AS 23.15; 13
(4) the cost estimate of the reemployment plan, including 14
(A) provider fees; 15
(B) [AND THE COST OF] tuition; 16
(C) [,] books; 17
(D) [,] tools [,] and supplies; 18
(E) [,] transportation; 19
(F) [,] temporary lodging; 20
(G) [, OR] job modification devices; and 21
(H) job search and job placement activities; 22
(5) the estimated length of time that the plan will take; 23
(6) the date that the plan will commence; 24
(7) the estimated time of medical stability as predicted by a treating 25
physician or by a physician who has examined the employee at the request of the 26
employer or the board, or by referral of the treating physician; 27
(8) a detailed description and plan schedule; 28
(9) a finding by the rehabilitation specialist that the inventory under (2) 29
of this subsection indicates that the employee can be reasonably expected to 30
satisfactorily complete the plan and perform in a new occupation within the time and 31
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cost limitations of the plan; and 1
(10) a provision requiring that, after a person has been assigned to 2
perform medical management services for an injured employee, the person shall send 3
written notice to the employee, the employer, and the employee's physician explaining 4
in what capacity the person is employed, whom the person represents, and the scope of 5
the services to be provided. 6
* Sec. 8. AS 23.30.041(j) is amended to read: 7
(j) The rehabilitation specialist shall serve the reemployment plan on the 8
employee and employer. If the employee and employer agree to the plan, the 9
[THE] employee, rehabilitation specialist, and the employer shall sign the 10
reemployment benefits plan. If the employer and employee fail to agree on a 11
reemployment plan, either party may submit a reemployment plan for approval to the 12
administrator not later than 90 days after the date of service of the reemployment 13
plan on the employee and employer. The plan must ensure remunerative 14
employability. The [; THE] administrator shall approve or deny a plan submitted 15
under this subsection within 14 days after the plan is submitted. Within [; WITHIN] 16
10 days after [OF] the decision, either party may seek review of the decision by 17
requesting a hearing under AS 23.30.110. The [; THE] board shall 18
(1) uphold the decision of the administrator unless evidence is 19
submitted supporting an allegation of abuse of discretion on the part of the 20
administrator; and 21
(2) [THE BOARD SHALL] render a decision within 30 days after 22
completion of the hearing. 23
* Sec. 9. AS 23.30.041(l) is amended to read: 24
(l) The cost of the reemployment plan incurred under this section shall be the 25
responsibility of the employer, shall be paid on an expense incurred basis, and may not 26
exceed $22,150. The department shall, by regulation and not less than once every 27
five years, adjust the cost limit set out in this subsection to account for inflation 28
[$13,300]. 29
* Sec. 10. AS 23.30.041 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 30
(s) In addition to the benefits provided to an employee under a reemployment 31
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plan prepared under this section, an employee who elects to use reemployment 1
benefits under this section is entitled to payment by the employer of costs incurred for 2
specialized job modification devices or services and reasonable travel and relocation 3
expenses associated with searching for new employment, returning to work in a new 4
location, and attendance at an on-the-job training program. The employer shall pay the 5
cost of the additional benefits incurred under this subsection on an expense incurred 6
basis. The cost of the additional benefits incurred under this subsection may not 7
exceed $4,000 and may not, when combined with the cost of the reemployment plan 8
incurred under this section, exceed the cost limit set out in (l) of this section. 9
* Sec. 11. AS 23.30 is amended by adding a new section to article 1 to read: 10
Sec. 23.30.043. Stay-at-work benefits program. (a) The stay-at-work benefits 11
program is established in the division. The division shall designate a member of the 12
division staff as coordinator of the stay-at-work benefits program. 13
(b) Within 14 days after an employee's election under AS 23.30.041(c) to 14
participate in the program, the administrator shall, on a rotating and geographic basis, 15
select a rehabilitation specialist from the list maintained under AS 23.30.041(b)(6) to 16
develop a stay-at-work plan and provide services under the plan. In selecting a 17
rehabilitation specialist, the administrator shall consider the rehabilitation specialist's 18
ability to accept and promptly provide program services and the rehabilitation 19
specialist's expertise and relevant experience relating to the employee's type of injury 20
or challenges specific to returning the employee to work with the employer. If the 21
person that employs a rehabilitation specialist selected by the administrator is 22
performing any other work on the same workers' compensation claim involving the 23
employee, the administrator shall select a different rehabilitation specialist. 24
(c) Within 60 days after the administrator selects the rehabilitation specialist, 25
the rehabilitation specialist shall 26
(1) develop a stay-at-work plan and provide the plan, in a format 27
prescribed by the director, to the employee, employer, program coordinator, and 28
employee's attending physician; or
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(2) provide the employee, employer, and administrator with a 30
determination and findings supporting the determination, in a format prescribed by the 31
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director, that the rehabilitation specialist is unable to develop a stay-at-work plan. 1
(d) The board shall establish by regulation the standards and procedures a 2
rehabilitation specialist must use in developing a stay-at-work plan and the contents 3
that the plan must include. 4
(e) The employee's attending physician shall provide a written opinion of 5
whether the employee has the permanent physical capacities to participate in a stay-at-6
work plan. The failure of the employee's attending physician to provide an opinion 7
under this subsection constitutes grounds for a determination that the rehabilitation 8
specialist is unable to develop a stay-at-work plan under (c)(2) of this section. 9
(f) Within 14 days after the program coordinator receives a stay-at-work plan, 10
the program coordinator shall approve or deny the plan and notify the parties of the 11
decision. Within 30 days after the program coordinator notifies the parties under this 12
subsection, a party may request that the administrator review the plan. Within 14 days 13
after the administrator receives a request to review the plan, the administrator shall 14
issue a decision approving or denying the plan. 15
(g) Within 14 days after the administrator receives a determination under 16
(c)(2) of this section, the administrator shall decide whether the information in the 17
board's case file for the employee's workers' compensation claim supports the 18
rehabilitation specialist's determination and findings. If the administrator decides the 19
case file supports the rehabilitation specialist's determination and findings, the 20
administrator shall, within 10 days after the administrator's decision, notify the 21
employee and employer of the decision and notify the employee that the employee is 22
no longer eligible for stay-at-work benefits and may pursue reemployment benefits in 23
accordance with AS 23.30.041. If the administrator decides the case file does not 24
support the rehabilitation specialist's determination and findings, the administrator 25
shall, within 10 days after the administrator's decision, notify the employee, employer, 26
and rehabilitation specialist of the decision and 27
(1) notify the employee, employer, and rehabilitation specialist what 28
additional information is needed to develop a stay-at-work plan, who must submit the 29
information, and the date by which the information must be submitted; or 30
(2) select a different rehabilitation specialist in accordance with (b) of 31
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this section to develop a stay-at-work plan and provide services under the plan. 1
(h) Within 10 days after the administrator notifies the parties of a decision 2
under (f) or (g) of this section, a party may seek review of the decision by requesting a 3
hearing under AS 23.30.110. The board shall uphold the decision of the administrator 4
unless evidence is submitted supporting an allegation of abuse of discretion on the part 5
of the administrator. The board shall render a decision within 30 days after completion 6
of the hearing. 7
(i) Only a rehabilitation specialist may develop a stay-at-work plan, provide 8
services under the plan, and make a determination and findings under this section. A 9
person who is not a rehabilitation specialist may perform work related to the stay-at-10
work plan if the work is performed under the direct supervision of a rehabilitation 11
specialist employed in the same firm and location. The employer shall pay the fees 12
charged by the rehabilitation specialist or other person described in this subsection for 13
providing services under this section. 14
(j) The cost of the stay-at-work benefits incurred under this section shall be 15
the responsibility of the employer, shall be paid on an expense incurred basis, and may 16
not exceed $3,000, exclusive of the fees charged by the rehabilitation specialist or 17
other person described in (i) of this section. 18
(k) Stay-at-work benefits terminate two years from the date the program 19
coordinator, administrator, or board approves the stay-at-work plan, whichever is later. 20
(l) After the employee has elected to participate in the program, and upon the 21
request of the employer, the administrator shall decide whether the employee has not 22
cooperated in the program. The administrator shall hold a hearing within 30 days after 23
the administrator receives a request from the employer for a hearing. The 24
administrator shall issue a decision within 14 days after the hearing. Within 10 days 25
after the administrator notifies the parties of the decision, either party may seek review 26
of the decision by requesting a hearing under AS 23.30.110. The board shall uphold 27
the decision of the administrator unless evidence is submitted supporting an allegation 28
of abuse of discretion on the part of the administrator. The board shall render a 29
decision within 30 days after completion of the hearing. If the employee is found to 30
have not cooperated with the program, the employer may terminat
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benefits and disability benefits on the date on which a finding of noncooperation is 1
made under this subsection. Noncooperation means the employee's unreasonable 2
failure to 3
(1) maintain contact with the rehabilitation specialist; 4
(2) cooperate with the rehabilitation specialist in developing a stay-at-5
work plan; 6
(3) comply with the employee's responsibilities outlined in the stay-at-7
work plan; or 8
(4) participate in the stay-at-work plan or in a plan activity. 9
(m) An employee is not eligible for stay-at-work benefits if the employee fails 10
to timely notify the administrator and the employer of the employee's election under 11
AS 23.30.041(c), unless the parties submit to the administrator a stipulation that the 12
employee may participate in the program. 13
(n) An employer may elect not to participate or continue to participate in a 14
stay-at-work plan at any time before the employee completes the plan. If an employer 15
elects not to participate under this subsection, the employer shall notify the employee, 16
the program coordinator, and, if applicable, the rehabilitation specialist of the election. 17
The notice must be in the format prescribed by the director and inform the employee 18
that the employee is no longer eligible for stay-at-work benefits and may pursue 19
reemployment benefits in accordance with AS 23.30.041. The notice of the election is 20
effective the day after the notice is served on the employee, the program coordinator, 21
or, if applicable, the rehabilitation specialist, whichever is later. The employer is 22
responsible for the cost of the stay-at-work benefits incurred before the notice 23
becomes effective. 24
(o) In this section, 25
(1) "administrator" means the reemployment benefits administrator 26
employed under AS 23.30.041(a); 27
(2) "plan" or "stay-at-work plan" means a plan developed by a 28
rehabilitation specialist under this section to return an employee to work for the 29
employer; 30
(3) "program" means the stay-at-work benefits program established in 31
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this section; 1
(4) "program coordinator" means the division staff member designated 2
as the coordinator of the program; 3
(5) "rehabilitation specialist" has the meaning given in 4
AS 23.30.041(r); 5
(6) "stay-at-work benefits" means benefits provided under the 6
program. 7
* Sec. 12. AS 23.30.082(a) is amended to read: 8
(a) The workers' compensation benefits guaranty fund is established as a 9
separate fund in the state treasury [GENERAL FUND] to carry out the purposes of 10
this section. The fund is composed of civil penalty payments made by employers 11
under AS 23.30.080, income earned on investment of the money in the fund, money 12
deposited in the fund by the department, and appropriations to the fund, if any. 13
However, money appropriated to the fund does not lapse. Amounts in the fund may be 14
appropriated for claims against the fund, for expenses directly related to fund 15
operations and claims, and for legal expenses. 16
* Sec. 13. AS 23.30.100(a) is amended to read: 17
(a) Notice to an employer of an injury or death in respect to which 18
compensation is payable under this chapter shall be given within 15 [30] days after the 19
date of the [SUCH] injury or death [TO THE EMPLOYER]. 20
* Sec. 14. AS 23.30.105(a) is amended to read: 21
(a) The right to compensation for disability under this chapter is barred unless 22
a claim for it is filed within two years after the employee has knowledge of the nature 23
of the employee's disability and its relation to the employment and after disablement. 24
However, the maximum time for filing the claim in any event other than arising out of 25
an occupational disease shall be four years from the date of injury, and the right to 26
compensation for death is barred unless a claim therefor is filed within one year after 27
the death, except that, if payment of compensation has been made without an award on 28
account of the injury or death, a claim may be filed within two years after the date of 29
the last payment of benefits under AS 23.30.041, 23.30.043, 23.30.180, 23.30.185, 30
23.30.190, 23.30.200, or 23.30.215. It is additionally provided that, in the case of 31
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latent defects pertinent to and causing compensable disability, the injured employee 1
has full right to claim as shall be determined by the board, time limitations 2
notwithstanding. 3
* Sec. 15. AS 23.30 is amended by adding a new section to read: 4
Sec. 23.30.118. Presumption of compensability for post-traumatic stress 5
disorder. (a) There is a presumption that an employee's claim for compensation as a 6
result of post-traumatic stress disorder is within the provisions of this chapter if the 7
employee 8
(1) is employed or was employed in an occupation listed in (b)(2) of 9
this section; and 10
(2) while employed or within three years after the last date of the 11
employee's employment, receives a diagnosis by a psychiatrist or a psychologist of 12
post-traumatic stress disorder. 13
(b) The presumption of compensability described in (a) of this section 14
(1) may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence that the 15
employee's post-traumatic stress disorder resulted from factors that were not work 16
related; 17
(2) applies only to the following employees: 18
(A) correctional officers; 19
(B) emergency medical technicians; 20
(C) emergency medical dispatchers; 21
(D) firefighters; 22
(E) mobile intensive care paramedics licensed under AS 18.08; 23
(F) peace officers; and 24
(G) employees who are certified under state law to perform 25
emergency medical services; and 26
(3) notwithstanding AS 23.30.100(a), applies for a period of three 27
years following the last date of the employee's employment. 28
(c) In this section, 29
(1) "correctional officer" has the meaning given in AS 18.65.290; 30
(2) "emergency medical dispatcher" has the meaning given in 31
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AS 18.08.200; 1
(3) "emergency medical service" has the meaning given in 2
AS 18.08.200; 3
(4) "emergency medical technician" has the meaning given in 4
AS 18.08.200; 5
(5) "firefighter" has the meaning given in AS 23.30.121(f); 6
(6) "peace officer" has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900(b). 7
* Sec. 16. AS 23.30.120(c) is amended to read: 8
(c) Except as provided in AS 23.30.118, the [THE] presumption of 9
compensability established in (a) of this section does not apply to a mental injury 10
resulting from work-related stress. 11
* Sec. 17. AS 23.30.041(p) is repealed. 12
* Sec. 18. Section 4, ch. 1, FSSLA 2007, as amended by sec. 5, ch. 6, SLA 2011, sec. 1, ch. 13
113, SLA 2014, and sec. 1, ch. 8, SLA 2018, is amended to read: 14
Sec. 4. AS 09.38.015(a)(11); AS 47.45.301, 47.45.302, 47.45.304, 47.45.306, 15
47.45.308, and 47.45.309 are repealed June 30, 2034 [2024]. 16
* Sec. 19. Section 18 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 17
* Sec. 20. Except as provided in sec. 19 of this Act, this Act takes effect January 1, 2025. 18