Florida House Bill 345 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides that death or disability due to cancer suffered by firefighter or paramedic employed by state or its political subdivisions is presumed accidental & suffered in line of duty under certain conditions; authorizes purchase of insurance by local governments; provides criteria for physical examinations for firefighters & paramedics; requires employing agency to keep records & notify firefighters & paramedics of reported exposure to known carcinogens; provides that firefighters & paramedics employed on effective date of act need not comply with physical examination requirements.

Firefighters and Paramedics

Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen [R]	Sen. Frank Artiles [R]	Sen. Daphne Campbell [D]	Rep. Bobby Dubose [D]
Rep. Katie Edwards [D]	Rep. Julio Gonzalez [R]	Rep. Raymond Pilon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11	House	Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
2016-01-12	House	Introduced
2015-10-30	House	Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Local Government Affairs Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; State Affairs Committee
2015-10-09	House	Filed

S0456 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
112	183		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/345
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0345/BillText/Filed/PDF