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Committee backs ordinance to align firefighter and police disability presumptions with state law
Summary
The committee recommended sending to the full Board an ordinance amending the administrative code to presume certain heart-trouble and pneumonia conditions are job-related for firefighters and police officers, with the BLA estimating a modest pension contribution increase of $350,000—$700,000 next fiscal year.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee on Sept. 5 recommended the Board consider an ordinance to amend the administrative code so heart-trouble and pneumonia in firefighters and police officers would be presumed job-related for industrial disability and death benefits in line with state labor code.
Sponsor Supervisor Valley Brown said the change mirrors state labor code and similar Bay Area municipal provisions and…
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