Oregon House Bill 2596 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: Failed on June 26 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-06-26 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expands presumptive cause of occupational disease for covered nonvolunteer firefighters to include any cancer that may result from exposure to substances that nonvolunteer firefighter is routinely exposed to in course of employment as nonvolunteer firefighter. Expands presumptive cause of occupational disease for covered nonvolunteer firefighters to include any cancer that may result from exposure to substances that nonvolunteer firefighter is routinely exposed to in course of employment as nonvolunteer firefighter. Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to submit to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to employment report, based on information reported to director by insurers and self-insured employers, setting forth separate number of presumptive cancer claims of nonvolunteer firefighters that were paid in full, settled or denied. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to occupational disease; declaring an emergency.

Rep. Dacia Grayber [D]	Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin [D]	Rep. Maxine Dexter [D]	Rep. David Gomberg [D]
Rep. Ken Helm [D]	Rep. John Lively [D]	Rep. Karin Power [D]	Rep. Jeff Reardon [D]
Rep. Lisa Reynolds [D]	Rep. Ricki Ruiz [D]	Rep. Andrea Salinas [D]	Rep. Tawna Sanchez [D]
Rep. Sheri Malstrom Schouten [D]	Sen. Janeen Sollman [D]	Rep. Marshall Wilde [D]	Sen. Kathleen Taylor [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-06-26	House	In committee upon adjournment.
2021-01-19	House	Referred to Business and Labor.
2021-01-11	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2596
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2596/Introduced