Survivor benefits eligibility expansion to include when a public safety officer dies in the line of duty from an exposure-related cancer provision

Summary

The bill defines a "carcinogen" and lists 20 cancers deemed exposure‑related, then presumes a death from any of those cancers is a line‑of‑duty death when specific service and timing conditions are met. It also adds certain infectious diseases to the line‑of‑duty definition. Families of eligible officers would become eligible for survivor benefits.

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