H0432B0419A02901 MSP:JMT 09/23/19 #90 A02901
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 432
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE BARRAR
Printer's No. 419
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 7 and 8, by striking out "the
definition of "occupational disease"" and inserting
definitions
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 13 through 17; page 2, lines 1
through 13; by striking out all of said lines on said pages and
inserting
Section 1. Section 109 of the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736,
No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, is amended by
adding definitions to read:
Section 109. In addition to the definitions set forth in
this article, the following words and phrases when used in this
act shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Corrections officer" means a full-time employe assigned to
the Department of Corrections whose principal duty is the care,
custody and control of inmates of a penal or correctional
institution operated by the Department of Corrections.
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"Post-traumatic stress injury" shall mean a post-traumatic
stress disorder as defined by a mental disorder characterized by
direct exposure to a traumatic event as identified by the
American Psychiatric Association and documented in the American
Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders, 5th Edition.
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"Telecommunicator" means an individual employed by a public
safety answering point whose primary responsibility is to
receive, process, transmit or dispatch emergency and
nonemergency calls for service for emergency medical, fire and
rescue, law enforcement or other public safety services via
telephone, radio or other communication device. The term shall
include, but not be limited to, call takers, emergency
dispatchers and supervisors.
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