Massachusetts H2533 ensures contagious disease-related disabilities or deaths of certain emergency service members are presumed work-related.

Massachusetts H2533 presumes contagious diseases resulting in disability or death for full-time uniformed members of police, fire, and emergency medical services as work-related if they passed a physical exam without evidence of such conditions. This presumption applies to diseases like Hepatitis A, B, or C, Tuberculosis, HIV, and others deemed high-risk by the Department of Public Health. The law also covers those who have responded to calls within five years of discovering their condition.

Massachusetts H2533 ensures contagious disease-related disabilities or deaths of certain emergency service members are presumed work-related.

Massachusetts H2533 presumes contagious diseases resulting in disability or death for full-time uniformed members of police, fire, and emergency medical services as work-related if they passed a physical exam without evidence of such conditions. This presumption applies to diseases like Hepatitis A, B, or C, Tuberculosis, HIV, and others deemed high-risk by the Department of Public Health. The law also covers those who have responded to calls within five years of discovering their condition.