This bill modifies the Utah Occupational Disease Act by expanding the rebuttable presumption for a firefighter diagnosed with cancer.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- expands the list of cancers that presumptively arise from service as a firefighter;
- establishes requirements for the rebuttable presumption;
- excludes respiratory cancers related to the use of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, or tobacco products from the rebuttable presumption;
- provides a firefighter a cancer screening examination at no cost to the firefighter;
- requires the fire department where a firefighter is working to cover the cost of the cancer screening; and
- provides for the management of the cancer screening program.
Recommended by: Business and Labor Interim Committee

Statutes affected:
Substitute #1: 34A-3-101, 34A-3-105, 34A-3-113, 53B-29-202
Introduced: 34A-3-101, 34A-3-113