Bill > HB0416

This bill, titled the Firefighter Cancer Amendments, aims to enhance health coverage and resources for firefighters by amending existing laws and creating new provisions. It redirects a portion of premium tax revenues collected from insurance companies, specifically from property and life insurance premiums, to fund a long-term disability program for firefighters and to bolster the Firefighters' Retirement Trust Fund until it reaches a 110% actuarial funded ratio. Additionally, the bill establishes a new "Firefighter Cancer Benefit Trust Fund" and a Board of Trustees to manage it, with the board responsible for studying cancer incidence among firefighters, exploring funding mechanisms, and recommending disbursement strategies to reduce workers' compensation premiums and provide direct support for firefighters diagnosed with presumptive cancer (cancer presumed to be work-related). The bill also mandates that the statewide fire and rescue training program, operated by Utah Valley University, will obtain and utilize a record-keeping system for cancer screenings, facilitate these screenings, and track them for firefighters, while also providing staff and accounting services for the new trust fund. Finally, it specifies that certain diverted revenue from premium taxes will be transferred to Utah Valley University for the cancer screening program and its record-keeping system, with the remaining net revenue going to the newly created Firefighter Cancer Benefit Trust Fund, and the bill is set to take effect on July 1, 2026.

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