Bill Would Extend Skin Cancer Presumption to State Parks Workers, Game Wardens

Game wardens and California state park workers with law enforcement responsibilities would be covered by the same skin cancer presumption that applies to city and state lifeguards, under a recently introduced bill. Assembly Bill 334, by Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, D-South San Francisco, would create a rebuttable presumption that skin cancer is an occupational condition for peace officers employed by the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Parks and Recreation. The presumption would apply to the specified workers following termination for up to 60 months, accruing at a ra...