ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

HB 2231: firefighters; occupational disease; adenocarcinoma

Sponsor: Representative Blackman, LD 7

Committee on Public Safety & Law Enforcement

Overview

Makes clarifying changes regarding the occupational disease classification for peace officers and firefighters.

History

A peace officer, firefighter or fire investigator may be presumed to have an occupational disease if any disease, infirmity or impairment of a peace officer's health is caused by brain, bladder, rectal or colon cancer, lymphoma, leukemia or adenocarcinoma, or mesothelioma of the respiratory tract and results in disability or death. A peace officer is then granted the presumption if both of the following also apply: 1) the peace officer passed a physical examination before employment and the examination did not indicate evidence of cancer; and 2) the peace officer was assigned to hazardous duty for at least 5 years.

Furthermore, firefighters and fire investigators may also receive the occupational disease presumption if their disease, infirmity or impairment is cause by buccal cavity, pharynx, esophagus, large intestine, lung, kidney, prostate, skin, stomach, ovarian, breast or testicular cancer or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma or malignant melanoma and has resulted in their disability or death (A.R.S. § 23-901.09).

Provisions

1. Makes clarifying changes relating to the list of cancers that lead to the presumed occupational disease of a peace officer or firefighter. (Sec. 1, 2)

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