,i  #aaf? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4
 ,r4 #gefh  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(          
,,repres5tatives  ,july #i1 #bjbj ,mr4  
,trone 7= himself & ,mr4 ,res*5?al]7    
introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to
 ! ,committee on ! ,judici>y  ,a ,,bill 
,to am5d ! ,omnibus ,crime ,control &   
,safe ,/reets ,act ( #aifh to au?orize  
public safety (fic] dea? b5efits to     
(fic]s suff]+ f po/-traumatic /ress     
disord]1 & = o!r purposes4  #a4 ,%ort   
title ,?is ,act may be cit$ z ! ,public 
,safety ,(fic] ,support ,act ( #bjbj4   
#b4 ,f9d+s ,congress f9ds ! foll[+3     
7#a7 ,e day1 public safety (fic]s1      
includ+ police (fic]s1 firefight]s1     
em]g5cy m$ical te*nicians1 & o!rs1 "w to
 ma9ta9 ! safety1 heal?1 & well-be+ ( ! 
communities !y s]ve4  7#b7 ,f "t to "t  
?is means be+ call$ to respond to       
/ressful & pot5tially traumatic         
situations1 sometimes ev5 putt+ _! own  
lives 9 dang]4  7#c7 ,?is "w n only puts
 !m at risk = exp]i5c+ h>m1 s]i\s       
injury1 & sev]e trauma1 b also places !m

 at up to #be4f times high] risk =      
develop+ po/-traumatic /ress disord] :5 
comp>$ to ^? )\t su* exp]i5ces4  7#d7   
,psy*ological evid5ce indicates law     
en=cem5t (fic]s exp]i5ce significant    
job-relat$ /ressors & exposures t may   
conf] increas$ risk = m5tal heal?       
morbidities 7= example po/-traumatic    
/ress disord]1 & suicidal ?\ghts &      
behaviors71 & ha/5$ mortality4  7#e7    
,public safety (fic]s (t5 d n h !       
res\rces or support !y ne$1 leav+ !m at 
high] risk = long-t]m m5tal heal?       
consequ5ces4  7#f7 ,9 #bjag1 ! ,dep>tm5t
 ( ,ju/ice approv$ #dha ,public ,safety 
,(fic] ,b5efit 7,,psob7 claims1 b n "o (
 !m = ! ov] #bdj public safety (fic]s :o
 di$ by suicide t ye>4  7#g7 ,z x       
curr5tly /&s1 (fic]s :o h di$ or are    
disabl$ z a result ( suicide or         
po/-traumatic /ress disord] d n qualify 
= ?is program1 despite (fic]s be+ m     
likely to die by suicide ?an 9 ! l9e (  
duty4  #c4 ,public safety (fic] dea?    
b5efits = po/-traumatic /ress disord]   

,section #abja ( ! ,omnibus ,crime      
,control & ,safe ,/reets ,act ( #aifh   
7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #ajbha7 is am5d$ by add+ 
at ! end ! foll[+3  7o7 ,z det]m9$ by ! 
,bureau-- 7#a7 po/-traumatic /ress      
disord] suff]$ by a public safety (fic]1
 & diagnos$ by a lic5s$ m$ical or m5tal 
heal? pr(essional1 %all be presum$ to   
con/itute a p]sonal injury )9 ! mean+ ( 
subsection 7a71 su/a9$ 9 ! l9e ( duty by
 ! (fic]1 if ! (fic]1 :ile on duty1     
engages 9 situations involv+ /ressful1  
t5sional1 or traumatic law en=cem5t1    
fire suppression1 rescue1 haz>d\s       
mat]ial response1 em]g5cy m$ical s]vices
 7includ+ respond+ to opioid ov]doses1  
or traumatic psy*ological or psy*iatric 
di/ress calls71 prison security1 disa/] 
relief1 or o!r em]g5cy response         
activity2 &  7#b7 9 ! case t a public   
safety (fic] describ$ 9 p>agraph 7#a7   
dies by suicide 7= purposes ( a claim "u
 subsection 7a771 or is p]man5tly &     
totally disabl$ z a result (            
po/-traumatic /ress disord]1 includ+ z a

 result ( attempt$ suicide 7= purposes (
 a claim "u subsection 7b771 su* dea? or
 disability %all be presum$ to be a     
direct & proximate result ( su*         
engagem5t1  unless compet5t psy*ological
 or m$ical evid5ce e/abli%es t !        
po/-traumatic /ress disord] 0 unrelat$  
to ! engagem5t or 0 directly &          
proximately caus$ by some?+ o!r ?an !   
m]e pres5ce ( po/-traumatic /ress       
disord] risk factors4 ,= purposes (     
p>agraph 7#b71 a public safety (fic]    
%all be consid]$ p]man5tly & totally    
disabl$ z a result ( po/-traumatic /ress
 disord] if ! (fic] is unable to s]ve z 
a public safety (fic] 9 ! same or       
sub/antially simil> role z ! (fic] 0    
s]v+ prior to suff]+ f po/-traumatic    
/ress disord]4  4  #d4 ,,gao report ,on 
! date t is "o ye> aft] ! date ( !      
enactm5t ( ?is ,act1 ! ,comptroll]      
,g5]al ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates %all submit to 
,congress a report on b5efits issu$     
pursuant to subsection 7o7 ( section    
#abja ( ! ,omnibus ,crime ,control &    

,safe ,/reets ,act ( #aifh 7#cd         
,u4,s4,c4 #ajbha71 z add$ by ?is ,act1 &
 any recomm5dations to improve su*      
subsection4