Senate Bill 211<\/a> would create a cancer presumption for firefighters. It is presumed that if a firefighter develops certain types of cancer that it occurred during the course of his or her employment.<\/p>\nThe League has always opposed cancer presumption because in its previous versions it would more than double workers compensation premiums for communities with full-time firefighters.\u00a0 We consider that a conservative estimate. In a time where communities\u2019 budgets are still reeling from revenue sharing cuts and property tax declines, this is a cost our communities are unable to afford.<\/p>\n
In the Senate-passed version the First Responder Presumed Coverage Fund is created in workers compensation but as a separate fund (similar to what the State has done with the silicosis or dust fund). Unlike the dust fund (where workers compensation providers are charged an assessment) the legislation indicates that the State will pay for claims submitted to the fund.<\/p>\n
The bill indicates that the fund will not begin until the legislature appropriates money. If there is not enough money in the fund, claims will not be paid.<\/p>\n
Samantha Harkins is the Director of State Affairs for the League. She can be reached at 517-908-0306 and sharkins at mml.org.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cancer presumption legislation with state paying increased costs has been sent to the Governor. After being vetoed by Governor Engler in 1998 cancer presumption has returned in some form each legislative session. Senate Bill 211 would create a cancer presumption for firefighters. It is presumed that if a firefighter develops […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22],"tags":[134],"class_list":["post-4123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislative-link-articles","tag-cancer-presumption","mml-onemagnify-plugin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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