HB95 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Ron Johnson
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Law enforcement officers, death and disability benefits for municipal police officers, state troopers and certain other state law enforcement officers, extended to all law enforcement officers, definition of occupational disease to include cancer, AIDS, and hepatitis, Secs. 36-30-20, 36-30-21, 36-30-22, 36-30-23 am'd.
Summary: HB95 expands death and disability benefits to all Alabama law enforcement officers, broadens occupational diseases to include cancer, HIV, and hepatitis, and ties these benefits to local funding requirements.
What This Bill Does
It broadens eligibility for disability and death benefits to all full-time law enforcement officers with arrest powers in Alabama. It adds several diseases to the list of occupational diseases, including cancer, HIV, and hepatitis, with evidence requirements. It states that disability or death benefits from these diseases are paid the same way as line-of-duty injuries under applicable retirement systems, and that benefits cannot be stacked with workers' compensation for the same disease. It may require local governments to fund these changes and it sets an effective date for when the changes start.

Who It Affects
All full-time law enforcement officers in Alabama (state, county, and municipal) with arrest powers, who would become eligible for disability and death benefits for occupational diseases.
Officers' dependents, who could receive benefits if the officer dies from an occupational disease.
Local governments (cities/counties) and the state, which may incur new or higher local funding costs to pay these benefits.
Municipalities or agencies that have elected workers' compensation coverage are not subject to these provisions.

Key Provisions
Expands the definition of law enforcement officer to include any state or local officer in Alabama with arrest powers.
Expands 'occupational disease' to include hypertension, heart disease, respiratory disease, cancer (with service exposure to a known carcinogen linked to the disease), HIV, and hepatitis, with specific evidence requirements for cancer/HIV/hepatitis.
Disability or death from occupational disease is treated the same as line-of-duty injuries under relevant retirement systems; not applicable to municipalities covered by workers' compensation.
For cancer/HIV/hepatitis, requires proof of significant exposure in the line of duty, exposure exceeding that of the general population, and verifiable link to the disease; sudden exposure must be reported within five days, and long-term exposure within 90 days of diagnosis.
Prohibits receiving both this benefit and Workers' Compensation for the same occupational disease.
Sets eligibility considerations related to service years and pre-employment medical examinations for entering service (three years of service and related conditions).
Effective date: becomes law on the first day of the third month after passage and approval.

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Subjects: Law Enforcement Officers