Bill Proposing Stroke Presumption Heads to Governor

South Carolina lawmakers voted to send the governor a bill that would add coverage for strokes to the law that presumes heart and respiratory diseases are compensable for firefighters. The Senate on Wednesday passed H 3163, which would also expand the list of activities covered by the presumption. Current law presumes that heart disease and respiratory disease that develop while fighting a fire or within 24 hours of fighting a fire are compensable. H 3163 would presume that heart disease, respiratory disease and strokes are compensable if those conditions develop during or within 24 hours o...