Lawmakers Reintroduce Presumption Expansion Proposals Vetoed Last Session

California lawmakers introduced bills containing provisions that would expand the types of workers workers covered by post-traumatic stress disorder and skin cancer presumptions that are similar to measures Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed last year Assemblyman Freddie Rodriguez, D-Pomona, on Thursday introduced AB 579, which would expand the PTSD presumption to cover public safety dispatchers, emergency response communication workers, emergency medical technicians and paramedics. The bill would also extend the presumption to firefighting members of the state departments of Military, Developmental Se...