PA HB2191

Eliminates the requirement that firefighters serve four or more years in continuous firefighting duties before qualifying for workers' compensation for occupational cancer claims

Extends the filing deadline for firefighter cancer claims from 300 weeks to 600 weeks after the last date of employment with exposure to disease hazards

Maintains existing requirements that firefighters must establish direct carcinogen exposure, pass a pre-claim physical examination showing no prior cancer evidence, and document exposure through Pennsylvania Fire Information Reporting System (for volunteer firefighters)

Limits the occupational disease presumption (that cancer was caused by firefighting) to claims filed within the first 300 weeks, while still allowing claims to be filed up to 600 weeks

Takes effect 60 days after enactment