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Delegation backs bill to extend workers' compensation presumption to Carroll County correctional deputies
Summary
The Carroll County delegation moved the measure "favorable" to add correctional deputies to presumptive occupational disease coverage (Labor & Employment Article references given in the meeting) after testimony from FOP president Ash Owens; members requested a county fiscal estimate before final action.
The Carroll County legislative delegation voted to move a bill "favorable" that would add correctional deputies at the county detention center to the state's presumptive occupational disease protections.
Ash Owens, president of the Carroll County Fraternal Order of Police and a detective with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, asked the delegation to support amending existing workers' compensation statutes (he referenced Labor and Employment…
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