Pennsylvania HB1785 amends the Workers' Compensation Act to extend the time for filing claims for cancer among firefighters.

HB1785 modifies the Workers' Compensation Act to allow firefighters to file claims for cancer up to six hundred weeks after their last employment, rather than the previous three hundred weeks. The bill presumes that cancer in firefighters is work-related unless proven otherwise by substantial evidence. It also specifies that claims from volunteer firefighters must be supported by documented exposure to carcinogens. Compensation is limited to firefighters who have served at least four years and passed a physical examination before their condition was evident.

Pennsylvania HB1785 amends the Workers' Compensation Act to extend the time for filing claims for cancer among firefighters.

HB1785 modifies the Workers' Compensation Act to allow firefighters to file claims for cancer up to six hundred weeks after their last employment, rather than the previous three hundred weeks. The bill presumes that cancer in firefighters is work-related unless proven otherwise by substantial evidence. It also specifies that claims from volunteer firefighters must be supported by documented exposure to carcinogens. Compensation is limited to firefighters who have served at least four years and passed a physical examination before their condition was evident.