Modifies provisions relating to workers' compensation for certain first responders, establishing a rebuttable presumption for cancer and other certain occupational diseases contracted by firefighters and fire investigators

Summary

The bill would treat specific cancers, heart, lung, hearing‑loss and PTSD cases as occupational diseases for paid, retired and volunteer firefighters and fire investigators if they meet defined exposure and service criteria. It shifts the burden of proof to employers or insurers to show a non‑occupational cause, and requires the state to collect and report claim data. The measure did not pass.

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