UT HB0416

Creates the Firefighter Cancer Benefit Trust Fund with an 11-member board of trustees to study cancer incidence rates, award levels, and funding mechanisms, with recommendations due to the Executive Appropriations Committee by December 1, 2026

Modifies insurance premium tax revenue distribution to the Utah State Retirement Office, directing the first $4,000,000 from property insurance taxes and first $1,000,000 from life insurance taxes to fund firefighter long-term disability programs and the Firefighters' Retirement Trust Fund until it reaches 110% funded ratio

Transfers $3,700,000 annually for fiscal years 2027-2028 from insurance premium taxes to Utah Valley University for firefighter cancer screening programs, plus $250,000 annually for a cancer screening record keeping system

Creates the Mental Health Resources for First Responders Restricted Account funded by $800,000 from the General Fund, with small first responder agencies contributing $25 per employed first responder annually to receive mental health services

Expands mental health resource eligibility to cover retired or separated first responders and their spouses for at least three years after requesting services, and requires the Department of Public Safety to report annually on first responder agencies' compliance with mental health requirements