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House panel adopts substitute and recommends firefighter cancer trust fund bill to full House
Summary
The committee adopted the second substitute to HB416, which creates a trust fund to provide immediate benefits to firefighters diagnosed with presumptive cancers while workers' compensation claims are processed; the committee favorably recommended the bill, 7–1.
Representative Tuscher introduced the second substitute to HB416 as a companion to last year—ixes that expanded presumptive cancers and screening. The new measure establishes a trust fund to bridge a gap between diagnosis and workers' compensation payouts so firefighters can begin timely treatment without waiting for claims to process. The bill tasks a board at the Utah Fire and Rescue Academy with recommending benefit levels, investments and how trust benefits should coordinate with workers'…
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