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. |