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FL H0269
Bill
Status
Failed
6/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Dean Black
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AI Summary
- Amends Section 112.18, Florida Statutes, to reorganize and add formal definitions for key terms including "correctional officer," "correctional probation officer," "fire service provider," "heart disease," "law enforcement officer," "medical specialist," and "prescribed course of treatment"
- Maintains the existing presumption that tuberculosis, heart disease, or hypertension causing total or partial disability or death in firefighters, law enforcement officers, correctional officers, and correctional probation officers is accidental and suffered in the line of duty, unless rebutted by competent evidence
- Retains the requirement that officers must have passed a pre-service physical examination showing no evidence of the claimed condition, and that claims must be filed within 180 days of leaving employment to qualify for the presumption
- Moves the definition of "prescribed course of treatment" and "medical specialist" from subsection-specific provisions to a new consolidated definitions section at the beginning of the statute, eliminating duplicative language
- Effective date is July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Disability Provisions for Firefighters and Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers
Last Action
Died in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
6/16/2025
Committee Referrals
Insurance And Banking Subcommittee2/6/2025
Full Bill Text
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