Committee endorses trust fund to bridge treatment gap for firefighters diagnosed with occupational cancers
Lawmakers favorably recommended a substitute to create a firefighter cancer benefit trust fund and trustee board to provide interim financial support while workers' compensation claims are processed; lawmakers and chiefs stressed screenings now find cancers earlier and the fund seeks to speed access to care.
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SALT LAKE CITY — The Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Standing Committee on Friday favorably recommended the second substitute for House Bill 416, which would create a cancer benefit trust to help firefighters begin treatment while workers' compensation claims are processed.
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