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2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 133
BY SENATOR CARTER
LOCAL AGENCIES. Provides relative to the development of cancer as a result of
employment as a firefighter. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:2011(A), relative to occupational diseases; to provide with
3 respect to the extension of a presumption beyond retirement for a firefighter that
4 develops cancer; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be 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
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1 date of service.
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3 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
4 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
5 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
6 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
7 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by James Benton.
DIGEST
SB 133 Original 2020 Regular Session Carter
Present law classifies certain types of cancer as occupational diseases or infirmities
connected with the duties of a firefighter.
Present law provides that a presumption will be extended to a firefighter following
termination of service for a period of three months for each full year of service not to exceed
60 months.
Proposed law retains present law but extends the presumption to a period of six months for
each full year of service not to exceed 180 months.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 33:2011(A))
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