Senate Passes Airport Firefighter Presumption Expansion

The California Senate unanimously passed a bill that would add firefighters at certain airports and other federal facilities to the statutes creating presumptions covering ailments ranging from hernias to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections to cancer. The Senate voted 50-0 on Tuesday to pass Senate Bill 230, by Sen. John Laird, D-Santa Cruz. The bill would add firefighters at commercial airports regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration to the cancer presumption in Labor Code Section 3212.1 and the post-traumatic stress disorder presumption in 3212.15. The bill wou...