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IA HSB266
SB
Status
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
State Government
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AI Summary
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Public employers must provide cancer screening examinations to full-time firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical services providers within three years of employment and every three years thereafter, beginning July 1, 2025
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Eligible employees cannot be charged copayments, deductibles, coinsurance, or out-of-pocket expenses for cancer screening examinations under this requirement
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Political subdivisions may receive state reimbursement for cancer screening costs, capped at $1,250 per three-year period per eligible employee
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Appropriates $1 million from the general fund for FY 2025-2026 to the Department of Management for reimbursing political subdivisions
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Expands the definition of "cancer" in the Public Safety Peace Officers' Retirement System (PORS) and the Municipal Fire and Police Retirement System (411 system) from specific cancers to a broader definition covering all diseases involving abnormal cell growth with potential to spread, thereby expanding eligibility for accidental disability and death benefits
Legislative Description
A bill for an act concerning retirement and employment benefits associated with cancer, and making appropriations.(See HF 969.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 969.
3/20/2025