2018 Brings New Legislation for Firefighters With Cancer

So far in 2018, lawmakers in three states have proposed legislation to simplify firefighters’ access to fully funded cancer treatment. So-called “firefighter presumption” laws have swept the nation over the past several decades, with 37 states adopting laws that presume firefighters with cancer developed it from work. Writing the presumption into the law eases firefighters’ access to workers’ compensation benefits by removing the requirement that they prove their cancer is work-linked before collecting payments. But of the three states considering fire...