HLS 20RS-601 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 182
BY REPRESENTATIVES STAGNI AND MAGEE
CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to occupational diseases for members in
the classified fire service
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2011(A), relative to occupational diseases; provides relative
3 to members employed in the classified fire service; to provide for an extension to the
4 rebuttable presumption; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 33:2011(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง2011. Development of cancer during employment in fire service; occupational
8 disease
9 A. Because of exposure to heat, smoke, and fumes or carcinogenic,
10 poisonous, toxic, or chemical substances, when a firefighter in the classified service
11 who has completed ten or more years of service has developed cancer, the cancer
12 shall be classified as an occupational disease or infirmity connected with the duties
13 of a firefighter. The disease or infirmity shall be presumed to have been caused by
14 or to have resulted from the work performed. This presumption shall be rebuttable
15 by evidence meeting judicial standards, and shall be extended to a member following
16 termination of service for a period of three six months for each full year of service,
17 not to exceed sixty one hundred eighty months, commencing with the last actual date
18 of service.
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HB NO. 182
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 182 Original 2020 Regular Session Stagni
Abstract: Provides relative to occupational diseases for members in the classified fire
services in connection with the duties of being a firefighter.
Present law provides that when a firefighter, who is in the classified fire service and has
completed 10 or more years of service, has developed cancer because of certain occupational
exposures in connection with the duties of being a firefighter, the cancer shall be classified
as an occupational disease or infirmity.
Present law provides that the disease or infirmity shall be presumed to have been caused by
or to have resulted from the work performed.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law provides for a rebuttable presumption that must meet judicial standards. Present
law states that this presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of
service for a period of three months for each full year of service not to exceed sixty months.
Proposed law retains present law regarding the rebuttable presumption; however, it extends
the presumption to a period of six months for each full year of service not to exceed one
hundred eighty months.
(Amends R.S. 33:2011(A))
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