HB633 Summary

• Expands definition of "law enforcement officer" to include any full-time law enforcement officer with arrest power employed by state agencies, departments, or any Alabama municipality or county.

• Adds cancer, AIDS, and hepatitis to the list of compensable occupational diseases (previously limited to hypertension, heart disease, and respiratory disease).

• Requires law enforcement officers to report sudden exposure to disease-causing agents within 5 days and long-term exposure within 90 days of medical diagnosis, with proof that exposure exceeded general population levels.

• Entitles eligible law enforcement officers who develop occupational diseases to the same disability and death benefits as those injured in the line of duty, provided they passed a physical examination at entry into service and completed at least three years of service.

• Prohibits county law enforcement officers receiving benefits under this article from also receiving workers' compensation benefits for the same occupational disease.