MS SB2835

Creates the "Mississippi First Responders Health and Safety Act" providing cancer benefits to firefighters and law enforcement officers with at least 10 years of service who are unable to perform duties due to cancer.

Provides lump-sum benefits of $35,000 for advanced cancers (with metastasis, treated prostate cancer, or terminal cancer) and $6,250 for early-stage cancers (carcinoma in situ, endoscopic treatment, or melanoma), with a lifetime maximum of $50,000 per first responder.

Provides monthly disability benefits beginning 6 months after diagnosis: 60% of monthly salary (up to $5,000) for full-time responders or $1,500 for volunteer firefighters, continuing for 36 months or until responder returns to duty.

Requires employers to bear full cost of cancer insurance coverage by January 1, 2022, and prohibits first responders from being charged any portion of premiums.

Amends workers' compensation law to exclude first responders who elect benefits under this act from employer workers' compensation liability, and effective July 1, 2021.