Senate Bill 27
Primary Sponsors
Tom Patton
Extends workers' compensation to firefighters with cancer
To amend sections 742.38, 4123.57, and 4123.68 and to enact section 4123.86 of the Revised Code to enact the "Michael Louis Palumbo, Jr. Act" to provide that a firefighter who is disabled as a result of cancer under certain circumstances is presumed for purposes of the laws governing workers' compensation and the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund to have incurred the cancer while performing official duties as a firefighter.
Current Version
Effective Date
April 6, 2017









Subjects
Committees
House Insurance Committee
Senate Insurance Committee
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