MS HB1385

Classifies cancer as an occupational disease for first responders with 10+ years of service who become unable to perform duties, with presumption it resulted from work exposure to heat, smoke, fumes, carcinogens, or stress that is rebuttable by employer evidence.

Covers specific cancer types with statistically significant increased risk for firefighters and police officers: bladder, brain, colon, liver, pancreas, skin, kidney, gastrointestinal, reproductive tract cancers, leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, prostate, and testicular cancer.

Presumes heart or lung diseases developing during full-time employment as firefighter or police officer are occupational diseases caused by work after 10 years of employment, with employer bearing burden to prove otherwise.

Classifies hearing loss 10% greater than age group average as occupational disease for full-time firefighters and police officers after 10 years of employment, including medical benefits and hearing prosthetics.

Deems Hepatitis B or C contracted by full-time firefighters or police officers with 2+ years of service as occupational disease presumed work-related, with presumption rebuttable by evidence of unlawful intravenous drug use or intimate relationship with infected person.