Bill > A5081

Introduced Session

This bill mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters. The bill specifies that there should be no out-of-pocket cost to the volunteer firefighter. The bill also specifies that the State will reimburse a volunteer firefighter for the full examination up to $1,250 per three-year period, which is to be annually adjusted according to inflation. The bill establishes an occupational existing condition that makes being a volunteer firefighter a condition for reimbursement of costs associated with cancer screening examinations. The bill increases the tax on fire insurance premiums by one tenth of a percent, which is to be annually allocated to the fund established under the bill for purposes of funding cancer screening examinations reimbursement for volunteer firefighters.

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Sterley Stanley (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee (on 01/19/2023)

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