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Senate advances bill creating presumptive workers' compensation coverage for firefighters' cancers
Utah Senate · February 23, 2015
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Summary
S.B. 135 would establish a rebuttable presumption for certain cancers in firefighters under specified conditions (including an eight-year exposure/employment framework). Senator Maine cited broad stakeholder support; the Senate moved the bill to third reading.
Senate Bill 135, sponsored by Senator Maine, would create a rebuttable presumption of workers' compensation coverage for certain cancers among firefighters under defined circumstances.
Maine told colleagues the bill followed months of study and stakeholder engagement, naming supporters that included county and local…
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