Workers’-compensation developments in Presumption Laws, tracked across U.S. jurisdictions — each story grounded in the primary record with original analysis of what it means for the market.
Signed into law by Governor Evers as 2025 Wisconsin Act 145 and effective April 1, the change lifts the maximum weekly permanent partial disability rate to $454 and gives all volunteer firefighters and EMRs workers' comp PTSD coverage for the first time.
WIdwd.wisconsin.gov
CS/CS/SB 984, signed by Governor DeSantis, takes effect July 1 and grants former firefighters access to the $25,000 diagnosis payment and disability benefits regardless of whether they continued employer health coverage after leaving service.
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Enrolled HB 2797 lets certified mental health nurse practitioners and certified psychiatric physician assistants diagnose compensable PTSD for first responders, and removes the program's expiration date.
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