Law Now in Effect Extending Presumption for Paid EMS Providers

A law extending the presumption of workers’ compensation compensability for paid emergency medical services providers is now in effect in Maryland. Senate Bill 1099, in effect since Oct. 1, stipulates that emergency medical services providers, under certain conditions, will have the presumption of compensability for heart disease, hypertension or lung disease resulting in partial or total disability or death. The new law also holds that emergency medical services providers will have the presumption of compensability, under certain conditions, for the following cancers caused by contact ...