WV HB2498 | 2017 | Regular Session
Note: Carry Foward to future HB2498
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)
Status: Introduced on February 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-17 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-17 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
10.0pt;color:windowtext'>The purpose of this bill is to provide a rebuttable presumption that a professional firefighter who developed leukemia, lymphoma or multiple myeloma arising out of and in the course of employment as a firefighter provided that the firefighter completed certain cancer screening, the firefighter worked in West Virginia as a firefighter for at least five years, the firefighter has not used tobacco products for ten years and is not over sixty-five years old.
Title
Creating a rebuttable presumption that development of certain cancers by professional or volunteer firefighters arose out of the course of employment
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-17 | House | To House Judiciary |
| 2017-03-17 | House | Do pass, but first to Judiciary |
| 2017-02-16 | House | To House Health and Human Resources |
| 2017-02-16 | House | Introduced in House |
| 2017-02-16 | House | To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary |
| 2017-02-16 | House | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
HB2498 (Carry Over) 2017-03-17 - To House Judiciary
SB59 (Similar To) 2017-02-08 - To Government Organization
SB59 (Similar To) 2017-02-08 - To Government Organization
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
