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 revises Missouri’s workers’ compensation statutes to treat specific cancers and other occupational illnesses contracted by paid firefighters and fire investigators as presumed job‑related injuries. It also defines additional occupational diseases such as hearing loss, radiation exposure, and PTSD, and sets the evidentiary standards for those claims. By shifting the burden of proof, the measure seeks to make it easier for these first responders to obtain benefits.

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