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Board advances ordinance to presume job‑related heart trouble and pneumonia for firefighters and police officers
Summary
Supervisors unanimously passed on first reading an ordinance to amend the administrative code so heart trouble and pneumonia are presumed job‑related for firefighters and police officers absent evidence those conditions existed at hire; item requires nine votes on first reading due to charter section A8.5.
The Board of Supervisors passed on first reading an ordinance on Sept. 17 that would amend the administrative code to create presumptions for industrial disability and death benefits related to heart trouble and pneumonia for San Francisco firefighters and police officers.
Supervisor Brown (lead sponsor) said the change will bring San Francisco into alignment with…
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