An Act to Create a Presumpt10n That a Cardiovascular InJury or Disease or Pulmonary Disease Suffered by Certam Law Enforcement Officers Ism the Course of Employment
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 1123
Committee Amendment CA_A_S205 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" /l "to SP 457, L D 1123, "An Act to Create a 
Presumpt10n That a Cardiovascular InJury or Disease or Pulmonary Disease Suffered by 
Certam Law Enforcement Officers Ism the Course of Employment" 
Amend the bill by stnkmg out the title and substitutmg the followmg 
'An Act to Create a Presumption Under the Mame Workers' Compensation Act of 
1992 That a Cardiovascular Injury or Disease or Pulmonary Disease Suffered by 
Certam Law Enforcement Officers Is m the Course of Employment' 
Amend the bill by stnkmg out all of section 1 
Amend the bill by relettermg or renumbermg any nonconsecutive Part letter or sect10n 
number to read consecutively 
SUMMARY 
This amendment removes from the bill the 1ebuttable presumption of disab1hty under 
the Mame Pubhc Employees Retirement System for a law enforcement officer who suffers 
a d1sabihty as a result of a card10vascular mJury or a card10vascular 01 pulmonary disease 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved 06/01/23 :t:Pae 
LD 1123 
LR 1076(02) 
An Act to Create a Presumption That a Cardiovascular lnJury or Disease or Pulmonary Disease 
Suffered by Certain Law Enforcement Officers Is m the Course of Employment 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Comllllttee Amendment ''fl' { S- zo?) 
Committee: Labor and Housmg 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential State Mandate - Unfunded 
Potential current bienmum cost mcrease - Worker's Compensat10n Management Fund 
Potential future bienmum cost mcrease - All Funds 
State Mandates 
Reqmred ActIVIty 
Shiftmg the burden of proof that a card10vascular mJury or disease and pulmonary 
disease suffered by certam law enforcement officers employed m a shenff s 
department or a mumcipal pohce department that resulted m the officer's death arose 
out of and m the course of that employment from the claimant to the employer 
and/or the employer's msurer may necessitate a more vigorous and costly legal 
defense by counties and municipalities and mcrease the number of cases lost 
Umt Affected 
County 
Mumcipahty 
Local Cost 
Sigmficant 
statewide 
The required local activities m this bill may represent a state mandate pursuant to the Constitut10n of Mame If the bill 
does reqmre a local umt of govermnent to expand or modify its activities so as to necessitate addtttonal expenditures 
from local revenue, the state mandate provis10ns of the Constltut10n of Mame require either (1) General Fund 
appropnat10ns be provided to fund at least 90% of any addit10nal necessitated local costs of the mandate, or (2) a 
Mandate Preamble be added to the btll and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt the mandate from 
the fundmg requirement If the bill does represent a state mandate and neither one of these act10ns occurs, the local 
units of government will not be required to implement the mandated acttv1t1es 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Sh1ftmg the burden of proof to the State for officers employed by the State may mcrease costs to the Workers' 
Compensat10n Management Fund (fund) w1thm the Department of Admimstrattve and Fmancial Services begmmng m 
fiscal year 2023-24 Higher or more frequent settlements m such cases may eventually require higher premium rates 
charged to state agencies by the fund, mcreasmg costs to all funds 
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