Expands survivor benefits eligibility to include public safety officers who die from exposure-related cancers in the line of duty.

The bill expands eligibility for survivor benefits to include public safety officers who die in the line of duty from exposure-related cancers. It allows eligible claimants three years from the bill's enactment to file claims for deaths occurring after January 1, 2020, but before the bill's enactment. The bill also allows any person to petition the commissioner to add a form of cancer to the definition of exposure-related cancer. The commissioner must review petitions and consider recommendations from medical experts.

Expands survivor benefits eligibility to include public safety officers who die from exposure-related cancers in the line of duty.

The bill expands eligibility for survivor benefits to include public safety officers who die in the line of duty from exposure-related cancers. It allows eligible claimants three years from the bill's enactment to file claims for deaths occurring after January 1, 2020, but before the bill's enactment. The bill also allows any person to petition the commissioner to add a form of cancer to the definition of exposure-related cancer. The commissioner must review petitions and consider recommendations from medical experts.