Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF1118 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to public safety; revising posttraumatic stress syndrome benefits that law
3	3	1.3 enforcement agencies must provide peace officers; amending Minnesota Statutes
4	4	1.4 2024, section 299A.475.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.475, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 299A.475 POSTTRAUMA TIC STRESS SYNDROME BENEFIT.
8	8	1.8 (a) A law enforcement agency shall provide benefits to any peace officer, as defined in
9	9	1.9section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), employed by the agency who:
10	10	1.10 (1) suffers a debilitating psychological reaction to a traumatic event;
11	11	1.11 (2) is diagnosed by a psychiatrist or a licensed psychologist mental health professional
12	12	1.12as suffering from posttraumatic stress syndrome; and
13	13	1.13 (3) is determined by a psychiatrist or a licensed psychologist mental health professional
14	14	1.14to be unable to perform other peace officer job duties offered by the employer through
15	15	1.15reassignment.
16	16	1.16A peace officer who meets all of the conditions of this paragraph is entitled to the benefits
17	17	1.17described in paragraph (b). A peace officer who meets the conditions in clauses (1) and (2)
18	18	1.18is entitled to the benefits in paragraph (b), clause (2). The availability of benefits does not
19	19	1.19depend on whether there is also an accompanying physical injury or physical cause of the
20	20	1.20condition.
21	21	1.21 (b) The benefits provided by the law enforcement agency shall include:
22	22	1Section 1.
23	23	REVISOR KLL/VJ 25-0273701/29/25
24	24	State of Minnesota
25	25	This Document can be made available
26	26	in alternative formats upon request
27	27	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
28	28	H. F. No. 1118
29	29	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION 2.1 (1) payment by the employer for unreimbursed loss of wages during the time period the
30	30	2.2officer is disabled, but not to exceed one year; and
31	31	2.3 (2) payment by the employer for unreimbursed expenses for medical treatment, including
32	32	2.4psychiatric or psychological counseling, to cure and relieve the effects of the posttraumatic
33	33	2.5stress syndrome during the time period the officer is disabled, but not to exceed one year
34	34	2.6to aid in treatment, management, and alleviation of posttraumatic stress disorder for the
35	35	2.7duration it takes the officer to return to active duty not to exceed one year.
36	36	2.8 (c) The employer may request a peace officer to undergo an examination by a psychiatrist
37	37	2.9or licensed psychologist selected by the employer mental health professional.
38	38	2.10 (d) As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings given:
39	39	2.11 (1) "debilitating psychological reaction" is defined as: the disturbance causes clinically
40	40	2.12significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of
41	41	2.13functioning;
42	42	2.14 (2) "mental health professional" has the meaning given in section 245.462, subdivision
43	43	2.1518; and
44	44	2.16 (3) "traumatic event" means an event involving the employee lawfully taking the life of
45	45	2.17or causing great bodily harm, as defined in section 609.02, subdivision 8, to another by
46	46	2.18force or violence. "Debilitating psychological reaction" means that, following the traumatic
47	47	2.19event, the peace officer is unable to perform the essential functions of the peace officer's
48	48	2.20job without reassignment. exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual
49	49	2.21violence in one or more of the following ways:
50	50	2.22 (i) directly experiencing the traumatic event;
51	51	2.23 (ii) witnessing, in person, the event as it occurred to others;
52	52	2.24 (iii) learning that the traumatic event occurred to a close family member or close friend.
53	53	2.25In cases of actual or threatened death of a family member or friend, the event must have
54	54	2.26been violent or accidental; or
55	55	2.27 (iv) experiencing repeated or extreme exposure to aversive details of the traumatic event.
56	56	2.28Exposure through electronic media, television, movies, or pictures does not constitute a
57	57	2.29traumatic event unless the exposure is work-related.
58	58	2Section 1.
59	59	REVISOR KLL/VJ 25-0273701/29/25