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Committee hears push to expand firefighter cancer screening and broaden Fallen Hero Fund coverage
Summary
Comptroller Sean Scanlon and firefighter advocates urged immediate expansion of screening and an amendment to let families of firefighters who received Cancer Relief Fund support access the Fallen Hero Fund; advocates cited a Litchfield pilot where 60% of screened volunteers had positive findings under a firefighter‑adjusted guideline.
State and volunteer fire service witnesses urged the Public Safety and Security Committee to adopt provisions aimed at earlier cancer detection and broader death benefits for firefighters.
State Comptroller Sean Scanlon testified in support of Senate Bill 410, which would expand the Fallen Hero Fund so that firefighters who applied to or received Cancer Relief Fund support would be treated as line‑of‑duty deaths for funeral assistance. "If…
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