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Subcommittee advances amended bill expanding compensation presumption for firefighters
Summary
The Labor, Commerce and Industry subcommittee voted unanimously to adopt an amendment and advance House Bill 3163, which expands the workers’ compensation presumption for firefighters to include certain technical rescues and training events while excluding clerical or sedentary duties.
The Labor, Commerce and Industry subcommittee advanced House Bill 3163 on Thursday, voting unanimously to adopt an amendment and send the amended bill to the full committee.
The bill amends section 42-11-30 of the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act to add stroke to the list of occupational diseases presumed compensable for firefighters and to broaden when the presumption may apply beyond active firefighting.
The committee-approved amendment removed newly proposed “on duty” language and restored the presumption’s focus on firefighting activities while adding two specific additional circumstances that may qualify a cardiac or respiratory event: a firefighter engaging in a technical rescue incident, and a firefighter participating in a training exercise that involves…
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