HOUSE AMENDMENT
hbd-032 Bill No. HB 649
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Representative(s) Kilmer offered the following:
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13 Amendment to Amendment (024815) (with title amendment)
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19 112.18 Firefighters, correctional officers, and state,
20 county, or municipal law enforcement officers; special
21 provisions relative to disability.--
22 (1) Any condition or impairment of health of any
23 Florida state, municipal, county, port authority, special tax
24 district, or fire control district firefighter, correctional
25 officer as defined in s. 943.10(2) and (3), or state, county,
26 or municipal law enforcement officer caused by tuberculosis,
27 heart disease, or hypertension resulting in total or partial
28 disability or death shall be presumed to have been accidental
29 and to have been suffered in the line of duty unless the
30 contrary be shown by competent evidence. However, any such
31 firefighter, correctional officer, or state, county, or
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1 municipal law enforcement officer shall have successfully
2 passed a physical examination upon entering into any such
3 service as a firefighter, correctional officer, or state,
4 county, or municipal law enforcement officer, which
5 examination failed to reveal any evidence of any such
6 condition. Such presumption shall not apply to benefits
7 payable under or granted in a policy of life insurance or
8 disability insurance, unless the insurer and insured have
9 negotiated for such additional benefits to be included in the
10 policy contract.
11 (2) This section shall be construed to authorize the
12 above governmental entities to negotiate policy contracts for
13 life and disability insurance to include accidental death
14 benefits or double indemnity coverage which shall include the
15 presumption that any condition or impairment of health of any
16 firefighter caused by tuberculosis, heart disease, or
17 hypertension resulting in total or partial disability or death
18 was accidental and suffered in the line of duty, unless the
19 contrary be shown by competent evidence.
20 Section 2. The Legislature finds that a proper and
21 legitimate state purpose is served when county and municipal
22 law enforcement
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26 And the title is amended as follows:
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31 including county and municipal law enforcement
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