Revision: Aug. 9, 2023, 8:13 a.m.
CHAPTER 206
SB 71-FN - FINAL VERSION
4May2023... 1521h
06/29/2023 2236EBA
2023 SESSION
23-0848
09/04
SENATE BILL 71-FN
AN ACT relative to workers' compensation for firefighter cancer disease.
SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22; Rep. Proulx, Hills. 15; Rep. Goley, Hills. 21; Rep. Doucette, Rock. 25; Rep. Read, Rock. 10
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill allows for workers' compensation for firefighter cancer disease of all types.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
4May2023... 1521h
06/29/2023 2236EBA 23-0848
09/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to workers' compensation for firefighter cancer disease.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
206:1 Worker's Compensation; Firefighter and Heart, Lung, or Cancer Disease. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 281-A:17, II to read as follows:
II. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 281-A:2, XI and XIII, 16 and 27, there shall exist a prima facie presumption that cancer disease in a firefighter, whether a regular, call, volunteer, or retired member of a fire department, is occupationally caused. [In order to receive occupational cancer workers' compensation, the type of cancer involved must be a type which may be caused by exposure to heat, radiation, or a known carcinogen, as defined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.] However:
206:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: August 04, 2023
Effective Date: August 04, 2023