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HJ 683 Correctional officers; Workers' Compensation Commission to study occupational disease presumptions.

Introduced by: James W. Morefield | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Study; Workers' Compensation Commission to study expanding occupational disease presumptions to include correctional officers; report. Requests the Workers' Compensation Commission to study the impact of providing correctional officers the benefits of the rebuttable presumptions that currently provide that hypertension, heart disease, and certain infectious diseases causing the death of, or a health condition or impairment that results in the total or partial disability of, certain public safety employees are occupational diseases suffered in the line of duty that are covered by the Workers' Compensation Act.


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