Lawmakers Pass Cancer Presumption Bill, Order PTSD Study

Some 28 years after New Hampshire passed the nation’s first presumptive cancer bill, the state’s firefighters may finally be able to begin accessing workers’ comp coverage. Passed on a not-unanimous voice vote on Wednesday, Senate Bill 541 did not contain a funding mechanism. The legislature’s first effort to create a cancer presumption in 1987 was struck down by the courts because it saddled local governments with additional costs without providing a funding plan, but supporters say they have found a way around that problem. Effective with the expected signature of G...