New Jersey S3866 mandates cancer screening for volunteer firefighters and increases fire insurance tax.
New Jersey S3866 mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters, ensuring no out-of-pocket costs for these screenings. The bill specifies that reimbursements for these examinations will be up to $1,250 per three-year period, adjusted annually for inflation. It also increases the tax on fire insurance premiums by one tenth of a percent to fund these reimbursements. The screenings will cover cancers such as colon, lung, bladder, oral, thyroid, skin, blood, breast, cervical, testicular, and prostate.
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