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Sen. Hatcher advances bill to classify Parkinson’s as firefighters’ occupational disease
Summary
Senator Hatcher told the Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety Committee that SB 332 would add Parkinson’s disease to the list of firefighters’ occupational diseases and set a standard for demonstrating occupational origin to qualify for benefits; the committee gave the bill a favorable report, 5-0.
Senator Hatcher told the Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety Committee on April 8 that she was carrying SB 332 for Senator Coleman and that the bill would add Parkinson’s disease to the list of firefighters’ occupational diseases.
“This bill would add Parkinson's disease to the list of firefighters' occupational diseases, and, this bill would also provide us standard for demonstrating that Parkinson's disease is occupational in origin…
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