SECU Committee Report

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APPENDIX C

The table below summarizes the types of mental health claims recognized by jurisdiction as well as PTSD presumption clauses by jurisdiction (in force and proposed). Please note that there is entitlement for PTSD across provincial jurisdictions as an ‘acute reaction to a traumatic event’ or a ‘cumulative reaction to a series of traumatic events’.

Province	Acute reaction to a traumatic event	Cumulative reaction to traumatic events	Gradual onset/ chronic stress	PTSD Presumption Clauses	Responder Definition
BC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Bill-M203 introduced February 23, 2016. The provincial government is reviewing the bill and awaiting recommendations from a WorkSafeBC Steering Committee established in December 2015.	First responders Police officers Emergency Medical Assistants firefighters sheriffs corrections officers 9-1-1 communications officers
AB	Yes	Yes	Yes	In force since December 2012.	First emergency responders: Police officers emergency medical technicians firefighters peace officers
SK	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	n/a

Province	Acute reaction to a traumatic event	Cumulative reaction to traumatic events	Gradual onset/ chronic stress	PTSD Presumption Clauses	Province
MB	Yes	Yes	No	In force since January 2016.	All occupations
ON	Yes	Yes	No	Bill-163 passed in April 2016. Changes come into force upon Royal Assent.	First responders and other workers: police officers full-time firefighters part-time firefighters volunteer firefighters fire investigators members of an emergency response team paramedics emergency medical attendants ambulance service managers workers in a correctional institution workers in a place of secure custody or place of secure temporary detention workers involved in dispatch
QC	Yes	No	Yes	No	n/a
NB	Yes	No	No	Bill-39 introduced April, 1 2016. Second reading took place April 6, 2016.	Emergency response workers police officers firefighters paramedics
NS	Yes	Yes	No	Bill-11 introduced (first and second readings) in October 2014. The government is monitoring other jurisdictions, conducting research and expected to make an announcement later in 2016.	Emergency responders: police officers child and family services agents medical practitioners correctional services employees firefighters dispatchers registered nurses registered pre-hospital first responders social workers
PE	Yes	Yes	No	No	n/a
NL	Yes	No	No	No	n/a

Source: Table prepared from information in the written response provided to the Committee on 20 April 2016 by the RCMP entitled Royal Canadian Mounted Police Responses to Questions Posed/Issues Raised at SECU, April 12th and April 14th, 2016 Re: Bill C-7: Coverage under the Government Employees Compensation Act.