HB 24-1140

House Bill 24-1140, also known as the Workers' Comp for Complex Trauma bill, aims to expand workers' compensation benefits in Colorado. It ensures that employees who experience complex trauma at work and develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are eligible for workers' compensation. This means that if someone's job causes them significant psychological distress leading to PTSD, they can receive support through the state’s workers’ comp system. The bill has been signed into law, so it is now active and provides new protections for workers dealing with mental health issues stemming from their employment.

Official Summary

For the purpose of determining eligibility for workers' compensation benefits for a mental impairment caused by an accidental injury that consists of a psychologically traumatic event arising out of and sustained in the course of employment, the bill establishes that a worker who, while working, experiences complex trauma that causes posttraumatic stress disorder is experiencing a "psychologically traumatic event".(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)