Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed into law a bill eliminating a statute that would have repealed the state’s cancer presumption for firefighters on July 1.
Little on Wednesday signed Senate Bill 1263 by the Senate Commerce and Human Resources Committee.
When lawmakers enacted the presumption four years ago that cancer is an occupational condition for firefighters, they included sunsetting language that would have eliminated the presumption at the start of July.
The National Council on Compensation Insurance has been monitoring whether the presumption increased rates and found an 18% decre...
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