Bill > SB1616

This bill expands the presumption that a firefighter's cancer is work-related to include arson investigators, meaning that if an arson investigator develops cancer, it will be presumed to have been caused by their job, making it easier for them to receive disability benefits. The bill amends Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA) Title 7, which deals with local government, specifically Section 7-51-201, by redefining "firefighter" to explicitly include arson investigators employed by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation or sworn deputies of a county sheriff's department. This change is intended to provide disability benefits for arson investigators in a similar manner to how they are provided for other firefighters who develop cancer due to their occupational exposure.