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Committee reviews bill to clarify infectious-disease disability coverage for first responders
Summary
House Bill 7186 would add EMTs and explicitly cover disabling infectious diseases contracted during performance of duties for firefighter and police disability pensions; sponsors said COVID references will be removed and that existing certification processes remain (treating physicians and state medical reviewers).
Representative Edwards' bill, H7186, was presented to the House Health and Human Services Committee as a technical and clarifying change to existing occupational-disability provisions for first responders. The presenter, Mister Valletta, said the measure removes repeated references to coronavirus and instead covers infectious diseases generally while ensuring EMTs are explicitly included in the…
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