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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 2553 1 of 2 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6369 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2023 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 2553 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. LINEHAN, 103rd Dist. | |
| 15 | 15 | REP. TURCO, 27th Dist. | |
| 16 | 16 | REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist. | |
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| 21 | 21 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE HEALTH OF FIREFIGHTERS. | |
| 22 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 23 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 25 | 25 | That the general statutes be amended to (1) add a presumption that a 1 | |
| 26 | 26 | firefighter's diagnosis of cancer arose out of and in the course of 2 | |
| 27 | 27 | employment for purposes of workers' compensation; and (2) create a 3 | |
| 28 | 28 | working group consisting of firefighters and members of the UConn 4 | |
| 29 | 29 | Health network to research and compile data on the following: (A) Rates 5 | |
| 30 | 30 | of breast and endocrine cancers in firefighters within the state compared 6 | |
| 31 | 31 | to firefighters in other states, (B) the prevalence of cancers in states that 7 | |
| 32 | 32 | ban certain flame retardants compared to Connecticut, (C) develop a 8 | |
| 33 | 33 | plan to phase out and ban the use of certain flame retardants, (D) 9 | |
| 34 | 34 | determine if certain safeguards or preventative care are recommended 10 | |
| 35 | 35 | for the prevention of breast or endocrine cancers, and (E) determine if 11 | |
| 36 | 36 | any additional safeguards are recommended for firefighters. 12 Proposed Bill No. 6369 | |
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| 38 | 38 | ||
| 39 | 39 | LCO No. 2553 2 of 2 | |
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| 41 | 41 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 42 | 42 | To create a presumption that a firefighter's diagnosis of cancer arose out | |
| 43 | 43 | of and in the course employment and create a working group to study | |
| 44 | 44 | the health of and create preventative measures for firefighters. |