Amendment #1099 to H4000

Supporting the people who protect the Commonwealth

Mr. Gaskey of Carver moves to amend the bill in section 2, in item 8324-0050, by removing the language "For the Commonwealths local fire departments" and inserting the following language:

All firefighters employed as a full-time paid employee of a fire department of the State or a City, Town, Fire or Water District, or as an on-call firefighter of a fire department of the State or a City, Town, Fire or Water District, shall be provided cancer screening examinations conducted by a physician not less than three years after the start of the firefighter’s employment as a firefighter and every three years thereafter during the course of the firefighter’s employment.  This monitoring shall continue for the duration of a firefighter’s life if the firefighter is employed by a fire department of the State or a City, Town, Fire or Water District for a minimum of 20 years.

The examination shall include screening for, at a minimum and when applicable, the following cancers:

Colon; Lung; Bladder; Oral; Thyroid; Skin; Blood; Breast; Cervical; Testicular; and Prostate.

All costs associated with screenings provided under this section shall be borne by the firefighter’s health care benefits plan or program provided by the firefighter’s employer. No co-payment, deductible, coinsurance, or any out-of-pocket expense shall be required for such examinations.

And further amended by striking out the figures "$100,000" and inserting in place thereof the figures "$1,000,000".

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #1099 to H4000

Supporting the people who protect the Commonwealth