HB112 Summary

• Expands the definition of "law enforcement officer" to include any full-time law enforcement officer with arrest power employed by state agencies, municipalities, or counties in Alabama, rather than limiting coverage to specific positions.

• Broadens "occupational disease" for law enforcement officers to include hypertension, heart disease, respiratory disease, cancer, HIV/AIDS, and hepatitis, with specific requirements for demonstrating work-related exposure.

• Establishes that law enforcement officers disabled or killed due to occupational disease receive benefits equivalent to service-connected disability or line-of-duty death benefits under applicable state or municipal pension systems.

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

• Becomes effective the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor, and requires new or increased local expenditures under Amendment 621 of the Alabama Constitution.