SB 6213.E - DIGEST
(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 2/13/18)

States that, there exists a prima facie presumption, with regard to public employee fire investigators who are covered under the state industrial insurance act, that the following are occupational diseases: Respiratory disease, heart problems, cancer, and infectious diseases.

States that, there exists a prima facie presumption, with regard to law enforcement officers who are covered under the state industrial insurance act, that the following are occupational diseases: Heart problems and infectious diseases.

Requires the department of labor and industries to convene a work group to discuss policy and procedural options for amending the first responder occupations and occupational diseases.