ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session
	Senate: JUD DPA 5-2-0-0 | 3^rd Read 19-10-1-0

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SB 1144: false reporting; public alarm; classification.

S/E: presumptions; occupational disease; workers’ compensation

Sponsor: Senator Kern, LD 27

Committee on Appropriations

Summary of the Strike-Everything Amendment to SB 1144

Overview

Provides that the requirements, for a cancer to be presumed to arise out of employment, apply to the reoccurrence of a previously diagnosed cancer.

History

Firefighters and fire investigators, both working and retired, that have any disease, infirmity or impairment caused by specified cancers and that results in disability or impairment, are considered to have an occupational disease and qualify for workers compensation if:

1) they were assigned to hazardous duty for at least five years;

2) they passed a physical examination before employment without evidence of cancer;

3) they are 65 years old or younger, and diagnosed with cancer no more than 15 years after employment;

4) there is not evidence that the cancer, if it is of the respiratory tract, is from tobacco usage or smoking; and

5) there is not clear and convincing evidence that the cancer was caused by something other than occupational exposure to a carcinogen (A.R.S. § 23-901.09).

Provisions

1. Provides that the requirements, for a cancer to be presumed to arise out of employment, apply to the reoccurrence of a previously diagnosed cancer. (Sec. 1)

2. States that the Legislature intends reoccurring cancers to be eligible for coverage. (Sec. 2)

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