HB3096

Modifies provisions relating to workers' compensation for certain first responders, establishing a rebuttable presumption for cancer and other certain occupational diseases contracted by firefighters and fire investigators

Introduced·1/22/26
Introduced Text

Missouri HB3096 establishes a rebuttable presumption for cancer and other occupational diseases in firefighters and fire investigators.

Missouri HB3096 modifies workers' compensation provisions for firefighters and fire investigators, establishing a rebuttable presumption that certain cancers and other occupational diseases are work-related. Firefighters and fire investigators who contract cancer are presumed to have done so due to their employment if they were regularly assigned to hazardous duty for at least five years. The bill also presumes heart-related, perivascular, or pulmonary conditions in these workers to be occupational diseases if they passed a pre-employment physical exam without evidence of such conditions.

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Emerging Issues Committee
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History

May 15

House

Referred: Emerging Issues(H)

Jan 27

House

Read Second Time (H)

Jan 22

House

Introduced and Read First Time (H)