Insurance Committee Approves Bill to Extend Skin Cancer Presumption to Parks and Wildlife Officers

The California state Assembly Insurance Committee on Thursday unanimously approved a bill that would grant a skin cancer presumption to game wardens and state parks workers with law enforcement responsibilities. Assembly Bill 334, by Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, D-South San Francisco, would create a rebuttable presumption that skin cancer is an industrial illness for peace officers who work for the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Parks and Recreation. The presumption, which similarly applies to active state law enforcement officers and lifeguards already, would cover ...