MI SB0161

Extends the presumption that respiratory and heart diseases are work-related personal injuries to part-time, paid on-call, and volunteer firefighters, not just full-time members as under current law

Expands coverage to include full-time, part-time, and paid on-call police officers, as well as members of public safety departments in cities, townships, and villages

Adds forest fire officers to the list of personnel eligible for the cancer presumption coverage through the Christopher R. Slezak First Responder Presumed Coverage Fund

Requires 60 months or more of active service for firefighters and fire/crash rescue officers to qualify for cancer-related benefits covering respiratory tract, bladder, skin, brain, kidney, blood, thyroid, testicular, prostate, lymphatic, ovarian, breast, and non-HPV cervical cancers

Maintains the rebuttable presumption for cancer claims, which can be overcome by scientific evidence of substantial tobacco use within 10 years preceding the injury that significantly contributed to the cancer