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Federal PSOB expansion adds presumptive cancers; board briefing stresses outreach and evidence preservation
Summary
Board staff and PSOB experts briefed members on December 2025 congressional changes that added presumptive cancers to the federal Public Safety Officers' Benefits program, explained retroactive filing windows through December 2028, and urged agencies and members to preserve run reports and other evidence to support future claims.
Tammy Sadler, staff to the board, told members at the April 15 meeting that Congress expanded the federal Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program in December 2025 to add certain presumptive cancers and other coverages.
"There has been some changes recently in congressional legislation, and so that's why I'm bringing this to the board," Tammy Sadler said, explaining the presentation was meant to make members aware of new eligibility and deadlines. She said the federal program is administered under the Department of Justice and that federal eligibility differs from Washington state's…
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