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BILL NO. 308

(as introduced)

1st Session, 64th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
1 Charles III, 2023

 

Private Member's Bill

 

Workers' Compensation Act
(amended)

 

Kendra Coombes
Cape Breton Centre–Whitney Pier



First Reading: April 6, 2023

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Explanatory Note

This Bill adds mine rescue workers to the list of occupations subject to the presumptive coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder.

An Act to Amend Chapter 10
of the Acts of 1994-95,
the Workers' Compensation Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Clause 12A(1)(a) of Chapter 10 of the Acts of 1994-95, the Workers' Compensation Act, as enacted by Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2017, is amended by adding ", mine rescue worker" immediately after "firefighter" in the fourth line.

 


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