Hospital Worker Presumption Amended to ID Covered Cancers

Legislation that would create a presumption that certain diseases, post-traumatic stress disorder and musculoskeletal injuries are compensable for some California hospital workers was amended to identify types of cancer that would also be covered. Sen. Dave Cortese, D-San Jose, on Tuesday amended Senate Bill 213 to add language that would create presumptive coverage for liver, kidney cancer, ovarian, breast, nasopharyngeal and thyroid cancer. Cortese also added proposed coverage for multiple myeloma, cancers of the brain and nervous system, human papillomavirus-positive tonsillar cancer, &ldq...