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House OKs study of firefighter and drug‑officer occupational risks
Summary
The House passed a second substitute to HB 9 directing a study (funded from a workplace safety special fund) into firefighters' and drug‑task officers' worker‑compensation and related health risks, citing elevated cancer incidence among firefighters and the need for Utah‑specific research.
Representative Murray presented second substitute House Bill 9 to fund studies on workers'‑compensation issues for firefighters and drug enforcement officers. Murray said the study will be funded from a Labor Commission special fund for workplace‑safety studies, not the general fund, and noted prior efforts had failed in the Senate. He cited evidence…
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