South Carolina Senate Bill 392 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-19 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provide Certain Additional Medical Conditions Also Must Be Presumed To Be Occupational Diseases For The Purposes Of Workers Compensation, To Delete A Minimum Age For The Applicability Of This Section, To Delete A Requirement That Eligibility For This Presumption Be Conditioned Upon The Medical Condition Having Developed While The Firefighter Was Actively Engaged In Firefighting Or Within Twenty-four Hours From The Last Date He Engaged In Firefighting, To Provide That A Person Is Considered To Have Passed The Requisite Physical Examination If The Fire Department Fails To Require Or Obtain This Examination Upon His Entry Of Service, To Provide A Firefighter With Ten Years Of Service Who Sustains An Impairment Or Injury Caused By Cancer Is Entitled To A Rebuttable Presumption That This Impairment Or Injury Arose From And In The Course Of His Employment As A Firefighter, To Provide This Presumption Is Conditioned Upon Certain Medical Examinations And Reporting Requirements, And To Provide A Person Is Considered To Have Passed The Requisite Physical Examination If The Fire Department Fails To Require Or Obtain This Examination Upon His Entry Of Service.

Workers' compensation/firefighters

Sen. Robert Ford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-19		Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2011-01-19		Introduced and read first time

H3424 (Similar To) 2011-01-25 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
42	11	30	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0392&session=119&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/392_20110119.htm