Bill Text: NH SB71 | 2023 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to workers' compensation for firefighter cancer disease and establishing a commission to study the implementation of optional annual cancer screenings.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-08-09 - Signed by the Governor on 08/04/2023; Chapter 0206; Effective 08/04/2023 [SB71 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2023-SB71-Amended.html
SB 71-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
4May2023... 1521h
2023 SESSION
23-0848
09/04
SENATE BILL 71-FN
SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22; Rep. Proulx, Hills. 15; Rep. Goley, Hills. 21; Rep. Doucette, Rock. 25; Rep. Read, Rock. 10
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill allows for workers' compensation for firefighter cancer disease of all types.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
4May2023... 1521h 23-0848
09/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Worker's Compensation; Firefighter and Heart, Lung, or Cancer Disease. Amend introductory paragraph RSA 281-A:17, II to read as follows:
II. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 281-A:2, XI and XIII, 16 and 27, there shall exist a prima facie presumption that cancer disease in a firefighter, whether a regular, call, volunteer, or retired member of a fire department, is occupationally caused. [In order to receive occupational cancer workers' compensation, the type of cancer involved must be a type which may be caused by exposure to heat, radiation, or a known carcinogen, as defined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.] However:
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
23-0848
1/11/23
SB 71-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
FISCAL IMPACT: [ ] State [ ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
METHODOLOGY:
This bill establishes a commission to study workers' compensation for firefighter cancer disease,
and allows for workers' compensation for firefighter cancer disease of all types.
The Department of Labor indicates it is unlikely that this bill would have a material impact on expenditures or revenues at the state, county or level. Additionally, in terms of state costs, it is not anticipated that the bill would impact the operational costs of administering protective legislation from the Department of Labor’s perspective.
The Department notes, it is possible that the removal of language in RSA 281-A:17 could lead to additional claims and compensation for occupationally related cancer in firefighters, but the impact of that change, if any, is deemed indeterminable. It is anticipated that these added costs, if any, would present at the local level and be due to local firefighting staff.
It is assumed that any fiscal impact would occur after FY 2023.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Labor
