WA HB1571

Removes time-based restrictions for firefighters' heart problems to qualify as occupational disease, eliminating the previous requirements that symptoms occur within 72 hours of smoke/toxin exposure or within 24 hours of strenuous firefighting activities

Removes identical time-based restrictions for law enforcement officers' heart problems, which previously required symptoms within 72 hours of smoke/toxin exposure or within 24 hours of strenuous line-of-duty exertion

Removes the statutory definition of "firefighting activities" from the occupational disease presumption law, as the time-linked trigger requirements are being eliminated

Maintains existing prima facie presumptions for respiratory disease, cancer, infectious diseases, and PTSD for eligible firefighters and law enforcement officers

May be cited as the "Erik Shouse memorial act"