HB17-1229

Workers' Compensation For Mental Impairment

Concerning a clarification of when a worker may be compensated for a claim of mental impairment for a psychologically traumatic event under workers' compensation.

Session:

2017 Regular Session

Subject:

Labor & Employment

Bill Summary

The bill adds the definitions 'psychologically traumatic event' and 'serious bodily injury' to the workers' compensation statutes for the purposes of clarifying a worker's right to compensation for any claim of mental impairment.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Bill Text

All Versions (7 )

Date	Bill Type	Documents
06/05/2017	Signed Act	PDF
05/01/2017	Final Act	PDF
04/19/2017	Rerevised	PDF
04/18/2017	Revised	PDF
03/27/2017	Reengrossed	PDF
03/24/2017	Engrossed	PDF
03/06/2017	Introduced	PDF

Budget Documents

Fiscal Notes (2)

Date	Version	Documents
08/10/2017	FN2	PDF
03/16/2017	FN1	PDF

Committee Actions

04/12/2017 | Senate Business, Labor, & Technology (2 )

Committee Report Hearing Summary

Activity	Vote	Documents
Adopt amendment L.003.	The motion failed on a vote of 3-4. The motion failed on a vote of 3-4.	Vote Summary
Refer House Bill 17-1229 to the Committee of the Whole.	The motion passed on a vote of 6-1. The motion passed on a vote of 6-1.	Vote Summary

03/21/2017 | House Public Health Care & Human Services (1 )

Committee Report Hearing Summary

Activity	Vote	Documents
Refer House Bill 17-1229 to the Committee of the Whole.	The motion passed on a vote of 12-1.	Vote Summary

Votes

Senate Votes (1)

Date	Action	Motion	Vote	Vote Document
04/19/2017	Third Reading	BILL	Aye: 28 No: 6 Other: 1	View

House Votes (1)

Date	Action	Motion	Vote	Vote Document
03/27/2017	Third Reading	BILL	Aye: 52 No: 11 Other: 2	View

Bill History

Date	Location	Action
06/05/2017	Governor	Governor Signed
05/02/2017	Governor	Sent to the Governor
05/01/2017	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
05/01/2017	House	Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/19/2017	Senate	Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/18/2017	Senate	Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/12/2017	Senate	Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/29/2017	Senate	Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology
03/27/2017	House	House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/24/2017	House	House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/21/2017	House	House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
03/06/2017	House	Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services

Date

Location

Action

06/05/2017

Governor

Governor Signed

05/02/2017

Governor

Sent to the Governor

05/01/2017

Senate

Signed by the President of the Senate

05/01/2017

House

Signed by the Speaker of the House

04/19/2017

Senate

Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

04/18/2017

Senate

Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments

04/12/2017

Senate

Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole

03/29/2017

Senate

Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology

03/27/2017

House

House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

03/24/2017

House

House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments

03/21/2017

House

House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole

03/06/2017

House

Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services

Sponsor Type	Legislators
Prime Sponsor	Rep. J. Becker, Rep. J. Singer Sen. J. Cooke, Sen. N. Todd
Sponsor	Rep. J. Arndt, Rep. J. Ginal, Rep. P. Lawrence, Rep. L. Liston
Co-sponsor	Rep. J. Coleman, Rep. C. Duran, Rep. T. Exum, Rep. L. Herod, Rep. E. Hooton, Rep. C. Kennedy, Rep. T. Kraft-Tharp, Rep. L. Landgraf, Rep. S. Lebsock, Rep. S. Lontine, Rep. J. Melton, Rep. D. Michaelson Jenet, Rep. B. Pettersen, Rep. P. Rosenthal, Rep. J. Salazar, Rep. K. Van Winkle, Rep. M. Weissman, Rep. D. Young Sen. I. Aguilar, Sen. L. Court, Sen. K. Donovan, Sen. S. Fenberg, Sen. R. Fields, Sen. L. Garcia, Sen. L. Guzman, Sen. O. Hill, Sen. C. Jahn, Sen. M. Jones, Sen. D. Kagan, Sen. J. Kefalas, Sen. A. Kerr, Sen. B. Martinez Humenik, Sen. M. Merrifield, Sen. D. Moreno, Sen. J. Tate, Sen. R. Zenzinger

Sponsor Type

Legislators

Prime Sponsor

Rep. J. Becker, Rep. J. Singer
Sen. J. Cooke, Sen. N. Todd

Sponsor

Rep. J. Arndt, Rep. J. Ginal, Rep. P. Lawrence, Rep. L. Liston

Co-sponsor

Rep. J. Coleman, Rep. C. Duran, Rep. T. Exum, Rep. L. Herod, Rep. E. Hooton, Rep. C. Kennedy, Rep. T. Kraft-Tharp, Rep. L. Landgraf, Rep. S. Lebsock, Rep. S. Lontine, Rep. J. Melton, Rep. D. Michaelson Jenet, Rep. B. Pettersen, Rep. P. Rosenthal, Rep. J. Salazar, Rep. K. Van Winkle, Rep. M. Weissman, Rep. D. Young
Sen. I. Aguilar, Sen. L. Court, Sen. K. Donovan, Sen. S. Fenberg, Sen. R. Fields, Sen. L. Garcia, Sen. L. Guzman, Sen. O. Hill, Sen. C. Jahn, Sen. M. Jones, Sen. D. Kagan, Sen. J. Kefalas, Sen. A. Kerr, Sen. B. Martinez Humenik, Sen. M. Merrifield, Sen. D. Moreno, Sen. J. Tate, Sen. R. Zenzinger

Session Laws

Effective Date	Chapter #	Title	Documents
07/01/2018	328	Workers' Comp For Mental Impairment	2017a_sl_328.pdf

Effective Date

Chapter #

Title

Documents

07/01/2018

328

Workers' Comp For Mental Impairment

2017a_sl_328.pdf

Workers' Compensation For Mental Impairment

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Bill Text

All Versions (7 )

Budget Documents

Fiscal Notes (2)

Committee Actions

04/12/2017 | Senate Business, Labor, & Technology (2 )

03/21/2017 | House Public Health Care & Human Services (1 )

Votes

Senate Votes (1)

House Votes (1)

Bill History

Sponsors

Session Laws

Colorado General Assembly

Jonathan Singer

Jon Becker

John Cooke

Nancy Todd

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Bill Text

All Versions (7 )

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