Kentucky Revised Statutes Title IX. Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units § 95A.220.Firefighters Foundation Program fund; funds accruing under KRS 42.190 and 136.392; lapsing of certain funds; moneys appropriated; treatment for post-traumatic stress injury

(a) Post-traumatic stress injury;

(b) Post-traumatic stress disorder;

(c) Acute stress disorder; or

(d) Other specified stress-related disorder, but shall not include complex post-traumatic stress disorder;

as set out in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

(5)(a) A stress injury that arises solely from a legitimate personnel action such as transfer, promotion, demotion, or termination shall not be considered a compensable injury.

(b) The firefighter shall be diagnosed, by a psychiatrist, psychologist, or professional counselor credentialed under KRS 335.500 to 335.599, with a stress injury that has been caused by an event or an accumulation of events that have occurred in the course and scope of his or her employment as a full-time career or volunteer firefighter, regardless of whether or not there is an initial physical injury. The event or an accumulation of events that have occurred in the course and scope of employment as a career or volunteer firefighter shall extend from the firefighter's initial employment or service to the date of a diagnosis with the stress injury.

(c) Once diagnosed, if a firefighter seeks mental health treatment, after in-network health insurance has been utilized, he or she may submit corresponding receipts for medical bills paid by the firefighter to the commission for reimbursement to the firefighter of out-of-pocket costs incurred from the funds specifically allocated in the commission's budget for firefighter mental health treatment, if applicable. The firefighter shall pay his or her out-of-pocket share for the mental health treatment before submitting for reimbursement.

(d) From the time a firefighter seeks mental health treatment, there shall not be a limit on the benefit described in paragraph (c) of this subsection, except that a lifetime cap on the benefits described in paragraph (c) of this subsection may be imposed.