Legislation
- Title
- Workers’ Compensation – Medical Presumptions for Diseases and Cancer – Eligibility (Firefighter Jesse McCullough’s Cancer Protection Law)
- Sponsored by
- Delegates D.E. Davis, D. Barnes, Charles, Fennell, W. Fisher, Gaines, Harrison, Ivey, Proctor, Turner, Walker, and R. Watson
- Status
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 215
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)
Synopsis
Altering the circumstances under which firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal are presumed to be suffering from an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under the workers' compensation law to encompass individuals with at least 10 years of cumulative service within the State and the cancer or leukemia has resulted in partial or total disability or death; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Committees
- Original:
- Economic Matters Click to view Recorded Media
- Opposite:
- Finance
Details
Cross-filed with: SB0646
Bill File Type: Regular
Effective Date(s): October 1, 2019
Bill imposes a local government mandate which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit
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