HB 1723 - DIGEST
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States that there exists a prima facie presumption, with regard to United States department of energy Hanford site workers who are covered under the state industrial insurance act, that the following are occupational diseases: Respiratory disease; heart problems, experienced within seventy-two hours of exposure to fumes, toxic substances, or chemicals at the site; cancer; and neurological disease.