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Hypertension, PTSD Presumptions Brought Back Before Lawmakers

02/08/2024
presumption that hypertension is compensable for firefighters firefighting instructors rescue squad members and advanced life support unit members. HB 1145 was filed last year as HB 919 which was never called for a hearing. Senate Bill 1069 by Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan D-Montgomery would create a

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Report: Lawmakers Asked Not to Mess With Negotiated Reforms

02/05/2024
require that starting in 2027 benefit caps are to be adjusted annually based on changes in the states average weekly wage. Another provision in the bill would require injured workers to provide clear and convincing evidence of the need for future medical to rebut the presumption that the employers

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Bill Would Add Solid Waste Workers to Cancer Presumption

01/26/2024
firefighter cancer presumption. The bill would presume that leukemia multiple myeloma non-Hodgkin lymphoma cancers of the lung brain stomach esophagus intestines rectum kidney bladder prostate or testes arose out of employment for solid waste workers with five or more years of service and

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Measure Would Allow Coverage of Mental Injury Claims for First Responders, National Guard

01/26/2024
also create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable for the same group of employees. HB 363 would exempt police firefighters emergency medical workers and members of the National Guard from the prohibition on coverage for psychological psychiatric or stress-related

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Court Revives Retired Police Officer's Claim for Heart Conditions

01/25/2024
his heart conditions but LVMPD denied the claim. A hearing officer found Ziel had a compensable occupational disease. An appeals officer found Ziel had a disease of the heart and that he met the prerequisites for the conclusive statutory presumption that his heart disease arose out of and in the

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Bill Would Adopt ABC Test for Work Comp

01/25/2024
comp definition of employee to include a presumption that a worker is an employee unless the employer proves the person is a contractor. Current law defines an employee as anyone who has entered into the employment of or who works under a contract of service with an employer. SB 2236 would add to

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Long COVID Presumption Proposed for Essential Government Workers

01/23/2024
Essential government workers in Maryland who are diagnosed with long COVID would be presumed to have a compensable occupational disease under a bill introduced in the state Senate. SB 431 by Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher D-Montgomery would create a presumption for essential workers who were

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Measure Proposes Presumptive Coverage for Additional Cancers

01/16/2024
The West Virginia Senate on Friday unanimously passed a bill that would expand the list of cancers that are presumed to be compensable for firefighters. Senate Bill 170 by Sen. Ryan Weld R-Brooke would create the presumption that bladder cancer testicular cancer and mesothelioma are

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Bill Would Create Presumption for 9/11 Workers

01/11/2024
Legislation introduced in New Jersey would create a presumption of compensability for some injuries or illnesses first responders suffered while responding to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The presumption created by Senate Bill 1470 by Sens. Joseph A. Lagana D-Bergen and Nicholas P

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Bills Would Increase Fine for Failure to Insure, Create PTSD Presumption

01/11/2024
Maryland lawmakers have introduced a measure to increase the penalty for employers that fail to secure workers compensation coverage and a bill to create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable for certain first responders. Senate Bill 216 by the Senate Finance

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