WV SB456 | 2013 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on March 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-06 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on March 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-06 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
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
Relating to rebuttable presumption for firefighters' disability and death benefits for certain cancers
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-03-06 | Senate | To Judiciary |
| 2013-03-06 | Senate | Introduced in Senate |
| 2013-03-06 | Senate | To Judiciary |
| 2013-03-06 | Senate | Filed for introduction |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
