Bill Proposing Heart Disease Definition Returns

A Florida lawmaker has resurrected a proposal to define the conditions covered by the law that presumes heart disease is compensable for first responders. Rep. Judson Sapp, R-Putnam, on Wednesday introduced House Bill 739, which would define heart disease in Section 112.18 as "any organic, mechanical or functional abnormality of the heart, its structures or the coronary arteries." Lawmakers did not define heart disease when they enacted Section 112.18 and its presumption that heart disease, hypertension and tuberculosis are occupational conditions for firefighters, law enforcement ...