Honorable Angie Chen Button, Chair, House Committee on Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1691 by Bumgarner (Relating to claims for benefits or compensation for certain cancer brought by firefighters or emergency medical technicians.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
It is assumed that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed using existing resources.
Local Government Impact
This bill would add certain additional cancers to the list of cancers that would be presumed to have developed during employment as a firefighter or emergency medical technician. Units of local government could see an increase in claims for benefits or compensation. The number of increased claims and the cost of additional benefits and compensation is unknown, so the fiscal impact cannot be determined.
Source Agencies:
454 Department of Insurance, 479 State Office of Risk Management