Sec. 4. (a) A railroad company operating in Indiana shall establish a counseling or trauma program and provide or make available counseling or critical incident stress debriefing services to each operating crew member of a train that is:

(1) operated by the railroad company in passenger, freight, or yard service; and

(2) involved in an accident that results in death or serious bodily injury.

     (b) A railroad company operating in Indiana shall file a description of the railroad company’s counseling or trauma program required under subsection (a) with the Indiana department of transportation, whose sole responsibility under this section is to receive the descriptions and make the descriptions available to the public in accordance with IC 5-14-3.

     (c) Before a railroad company implements one (1) or more changes to the railroad company’s counseling or trauma program required under subsection (a), the railroad company must file with the Indiana department of transportation a revised description of the program that includes the changes.

As added by P.L.21-2001, SEC.1.