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Utah House rejects bill creating presumptive workers—-compensation coverage for firefighter cancers
Summary
After lengthy debate about costs, legal standards and advisory review, the House voted 38-35 against HB150, which would have created a rebuttable presumption that certain cancers in firefighters were job-related.
The Utah House on the floor defeated House Bill 150, which would have created a rebuttable presumption that certain cancers and related illnesses in firefighters were work-related for workers' compensation purposes. Sponsor Representative Joseph Murray said the measure would align Utah with roughly 20 other states and address cases in which firefighters face conflicting determinations from private insurers and the…
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