Legislative Update (14)

By: Cal-OSHA Reporter - The leading occupational safety and health publication in California.

SACRAMENTO -- AB 1923, which seeks to address stress from traumatic incidents among emergency response personnel, was approved by the Assembly Appropriations committee 15-5 and is now before the state Assembly.The bill, which originally would have defined exposure to a "critical incident" as an "unhealthy condition" in the state Labor Code, was amended to require employers of emergency personnel to provide counseling services to employees who have suffered stress generated by exposure to a critical

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