Background Firefighters experience increasing exposure to various toxic materials during the course of performing their employment duties.
Toxins burn at different temperatures and emit various fumes at each level of the heat process.
There is no fiscal impact associated with H.B. 2393 according to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee staff. Establishes that a firefighter's disease or health impairment caused by certain cancers that result in disability or death is presumed to be occupational in nature and is further deemed to arise out of the employment. Removes this presumption from firefighters that smoke and contract respiratory tract cancer or a firefighter that chewed tobacco and contracts oropharynx cancer. Requires firefighters to pass a physical examination prior to employment with no indication of cancer or was assigned hazardous duty for a minimum of five years. Defines firefighter as one who was full-time and regularly assigned to hazardous duty.