Bill > HB347

This bill establishes a presumption that certain public safety professionals, including paid and volunteer firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal, who are diagnosed with hypertension and have been prescribed medication for it for at least 90 consecutive days, and who have at least two years of service, are considered to have an occupational disease that is compensable under workers' compensation law and are presumed to be disabled. This presumption applies if they meet specific requirements, including being employed in one of these roles at the time of their claim application, and it clarifies that individuals qualifying under this provision for hypertension cannot receive disability retirement benefits for the same condition, though separate claims for heart or lung disease are still permitted.

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