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Lawmakers Propose Definition of Heart Disease for Presumption

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 | 0

Florida lawmakers introduced bills that appear to answer the state fire marshal's call to revise the definition of heart disease for the purpose of a law that presumes certain conditions are compensable for first responders. Senate Bill 366, introduced Monday by Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez, R-Doral, and identical companion measure House Bill 269, introduced Tuesday by Rep. Dean Black, R-Jacksonville, would define heart disease in Section 112.18 to mean "any organic, mechanical or functional abnormality of the heart, its structures or the coronary arteries." Section 112.18 dec...

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