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Committee hears bill to add cancer screenings for firefighters under James G. M. Malone Act
Summary
Senators presented Senate Bill 374 to require additional cancer screenings for professional and volunteer firefighters; sponsors said costs could be offset by an existing $3 million screening fund and many counties already provide similar screenings.
Senate Bill 374, named the James G. M. Malone Act, was presented during the House Health and Government Operations Committee bill hearings to require additional cancer screenings for professional and volunteer firefighters.
Sen. Bridal, the sponsor appearing as chair of the Senate Finance Committee, told the committee the bill narrows existing county programs that self-insure firefighters and asks counties already providing health care to “add a few more screenings that the IAFF…
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