HB 10

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Occupational diseases, certified firefighters of municipalities, cancer diagnosis a rebuttable presumption that cause is job related, presumption extended to previously employed for 10 yrs after last date of service

Description

This bill would establish a rebuttable presumption that a certified firefighter employed or previously employed by a municipality for 10 or more years of service who has developed certain types of cancer would have his or her cancer classified as an occupational disease and would be entitled to all of the rights and benefits as granted by state law to which one suffering from an occupational disease is entitled as service connected in the line of duty

This bill would extend the presumption to previously employed certified firefighters for a period of 10 years after the last actual date of service

Relating to occupational diseases; to establish a rebuttable presumption that a certified firefighter employed or previously employed by a municipality for 10 or more years of service who has developed certain types of cancer would have his or her cancer classified as an occupational disease; and to extend the presumption to previously employed certified firefighters for 10 years after the last actual date of service.

Subjects

Occupational Diseases