Senate Bill 27
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
Introduced In House
In House Committee
Reported By Committee
Passed By House
Introduced In Senate
In Senate Committee
Reported By Committee
Passed By Senate
Sent To The Governor
Subjects
Committees
House Insurance Committee
Senate Insurance Committee
Primary Sponsors
Thomas F. Patton
Cosponsors
Senators
Kevin Bacon
Troy Balderson
Bill Beagle
Edna Brown
Dave Burke
Capri S. Cafaro
John Eklund
Keith Faber
Lou Gentile
Cliff Hite
Jay Hottinger
Jim Hughes
Shannon Jones
Frank LaRose
Peggy Lehner
Gayle Manning
Larry Obhof
Scott Oelslager
Tom Sawyer
Joseph Schiavoni
Michael J. Skindell
Charleta B. Tavares
Cecil Thomas
Sandra Williams
Kenny Yuko
Representatives
Marlene Anielski
Nickie J. Antonio
Michael Ashford
Heather Bishoff
John Boccieri
Kristin Boggs
Janine R. Boyd
Nicholas Celebrezze
Jack Cera
Kathleen Clyde
Hearcel F. Craig
Denise Driehaus
Teresa Fedor
Cheryl L. Grossman
Christina Hagan
Michael Henne
Greta Johnson
Christie Bryant Kuhns
David Leland
Michele Lepore-Hagan
Nathan H. Manning
Michael J. O'Brien
Sean O'Brien
John Patterson
Dorothy Pelanda
Debbie Phillips
Jeffery S. Rezabek
John M. Rogers
Clifford A. Rosenberger
Margaret Ann Ruhl
Michael Sheehy
Kent Smith
Fred Strahorn
Martin J. Sweeney
Emilia Strong Sykes
Lou Terhar
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