| Last Action | recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to firefighters. |
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Fiscal Note
Local Mandate |
| Bill Request Number | 1124 |
| Sponsors | D. Butler, R. Benvenuti III, K. Bratcher, H. Collins, J. Donohue, C. Embry Jr., K. Flood, M. Harmon, R. Henderson, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, C. Miller, R. Nelson, K. Sinnette, R. Smart, G. Watkins, S. Westrom |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 95A.262 requiring the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education to purchase workers' compensation insurance for paid and volunteer firefighters; create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A establishing a rebuttable presumption that specific types of cancer, resulting in either temporary or permanent disability or death, are an occupational disease under KRS chapter 342 for paid or volunteer firefighters; specify that a recipients firefighters must have worked as a firefighter for 5 years or more and not used tobacco for ten years. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Local Mandate - Firefighter, presumption for occupational disease, cancer Fiscal Note - Firefighter, presumption for occupational disease, cancer Diseases - Firefighter, occupational disease, cancer Firefighters and Fire Departments - Firefighter, occupational disease, cancer Labor and Industry - Firefighter, occupational disease, cancer Occupational Safety and Health - Firefighter, occupational disease, cancer Occupations and Professions - Firefighter, occupational disease, cancer Workers' Compensation - Firefighter, presumption for occupational disease, cancer Cities - Firefighter, occupational disease, cancer Counties - Firefighter, occupational disease, cancer Local Government - Firefighter, occupational disease, cancer |
| Proposed Amendments | House Committee Substitute 1 |
| 01/23/14 |
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| 01/27/14 |
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| 01/30/14 |
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| 01/31/14 |
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| Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Impact Statements |
Fiscal Note
Local Mandate |
| Summary | Amend KRS 95A.262 requiring the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education to purchase workers' compensation insurance for paid and volunteer firefighters covered under KRS Chapters 67, 67A, 67C, 75, 95, and 273; create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A establishing a rebuttable presumption that specific types of cancer, resulting in either temporary or permanent disability or death, are an occupational disease under KRS Chapter 342 for paid or volunteer firefighters; firefighters must have worked as a firefighter for five years or more and not used tobacco for 10 years; if the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education fails to use the funds for the workers' compensation insurance, then the presumption for cancer fails to exist. |
| Index Headings |
Local Mandate - Firefighter, presumption for occupational disease, cancer Fiscal Note - Firefighter, presumption for occupational disease, cancer Diseases - Firefighter, occupational disease, cancer Firefighters and Fire Departments - Firefighter, occupational disease, cancer Labor and Industry - Firefighter, occupational disease, cancer Occupational Safety and Health - Firefighter, occupational disease, cancer Occupations and Professions - Firefighter, occupational disease, cancer Workers' Compensation - Firefighter, presumption for occupational disease, cancer Cities - Firefighter, occupational disease, cancer Counties - Firefighter, occupational disease, cancer Local Government - Firefighter, occupational disease, cancer |
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