Bill to cover more cancers for firefighters gets OK from Senate panel
Carter’s bill seeks to build on work the Legislature did in 2017, with a law that listed several types of cancers, heart diseases and respiratory illnesses as illnesses that could be presumed to have been caused by fighting fires.
House OKs firefighter workers’ comp bills covering cancers, heart diseases
A pair of bills to increase workers’ compensation coverage for firefighters who contract diseases in the line of duty easily passed the Arizona House of Representatives on February 21 after a few last-minute amendments.