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21-4-107. Paid leave for firefighters with occupationally caused cancer.
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21-4-107. Paid leave for firefighters with occupationally caused cancer.
(a)(1) A paid firefighter for the state or any political subdivision of the state who has completed five (5) or more years of employment as a paid firefighter shall be granted a minimum of one thousand four hundred fifty-six (1,456) hours of paid leave upon the initiation of treatment for an occupationally caused cancer.
(2) Paid leave for occupationally caused cancer under subdivision (a)(1) of this section:
(A) Does not reduce the accrued sick leave or annual vacation leave of the firefighter;
(B) Does not impact any other employment benefit of the firefighter; and
(C) May be transferred from a catastrophic leave bank of a fire department that provides a catastrophic leave program if the catastrophic leave program meets the requirements of this subdivision (a)(2).
(3) A firefighter is considered to have an occupationally caused cancer if the firefighter:
(A) While in the official line of duty, was exposed to a known carcinogen as determined by the Department of Health in consideration with the findings of the International Agency for Research on Cancer; and
(B) Has a disability or an impairment of health as a result of a diagnosis of a cancer listed in § 21-5-705(a)(3)(A)(i).
(4) A firefighter is not entitled to paid leave under subdivision (a)(1) of this section if the firefighter's cancer:
(A)(i) Did not result from the firefighter's employment with the state or political subdivision of the state.
(ii)(a) An occupationally caused cancer under this section is presumed to result from a firefighter's employment if at the time of employment the firefighter underwent a physical examination that did not reveal substantial evidence that the occupationally caused cancer existed be
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-4-107
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21-4-107. Paid leave for firefighters with occupationally caused cancer.
(a)(1) A paid firefighter for the state or any political subdivision of the state who has completed five (5) or more years of employment as a paid firefighter shall be granted a minimum of one thousand four hundred fifty-six (1,456) hours of paid leave upon the initiation of treatment for an occupationally caused cancer.
(2) Paid leave for occupationally caused cancer under subdivision (a)(1) of this section:
(A) Does not reduce the accrued sick leave or annual vacation leave of the firefighter;
(B) Does not impact any other employment benefit of the firefighter; and
(C) May be transferred from a catastrophic leave bank of a fire department that provides a catastrophic leave program if the catastrophic leave program meets the requirements of this subdivision (a)(2).
(3) A firefighter is considered to have an occupationally caused cancer if the firefighter:
(A) While in the official line of duty, was exposed to a known carcinogen as determined by the Department of Health in consideration with the findings of the International Agency for Research on Cancer; and
(B) Has a disability or an impairment of health as a result of a diagnosis of a cancer listed in § 21-5-705(a)(3)(A)(i).
(4) A firefighter is not entitled to paid leave under subdivision (a)(1) of this section if the firefighter's cancer:
(A)(i) Did not result from the firefighter's employment with the state or political subdivision of the state.
(ii)(a) An occupationally caused cancer under this section is presumed to result from a firefighter's employment if at the time of employment the firefighter underwent a physical examination that did not reveal substantial evidence that the occupationally caused cancer existed before his or her employment as a firefighter.
(b) To rebut the presumption under subdivision (a)(4)(A)(ii)(a) of this section, the employer shall prove by a preponderance of the medical evidence that the occupationally caused cancer did not occur as a result of employment in the official line of duty; or
(B) Did result from the firefighter's employment with the state or political subdivision of the state, but workers' compensation is provided for the occupationally caused cancer.
(b)(1)(A) A fire department may participate in a firefighter cancer relief network created and governed by the Arkansas Association of Fire Chiefs, the Arkansas Professional Fire Fighters Association, and the Arkansas State Firefighters Association, Inc.
(B) A firefighter cancer relief network under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section shall be established by September 1, 2019.
(2) A fire department that participates in a network under subdivision (b)(1) of this section may provide a firefighter to a requesting fire department to relieve a firefighter granted leave under this section and employed by the requesting fire department, if:
(A) The fire department that provided the firefighter continues to pay the firefighter's regular rate of pay and benefits, including without limitation any overtime compensation;
(B) The firefighter provided by the fire department continues to be covered by all applicable laws; and
(C) The fire department that requested the firefighter provides evidence to the fire department that provided the firefighter of substantial adverse budgetary impact without relief as the result of granting paid leave under this section.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
21-5-705. Payment of claim to designated beneficiaries or survivors of certain specified public employees killed in the line of duty — Funds — Definitions.
(a) The state shall pay the additional sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to the qualified recipient or recipients of a:
(1) Police officer, wildlife enforcement officer, commissioned law enforcement officer or emergency response employee of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, Division of Community Correction employee, employee of the Division of Correction, jailer, or coroner whose death occurred:
(A) After January 1, 2003; and
(B) Either:
(i) In the official line of duty as the result of a criminal or negligent action of another person or persons or as the result of the engagement in exceptionally hazardous duty; or
(ii) In the line of duty while the officer or employee was performing emergency medical activities;
(2) Firefighter, emergency medical technician, or employee of the Arkansas Forestry Commission killed after July 1, 1987, while responding to, engaging in, or returning from a fire, a rescue incident, a hazardous material or bomb incident, an emergency medical activity, or simulated training thereof; and
(3)(A)(i) Firefighter killed in the line of duty after January 1, 2012, including death from leukemia, lymphoma, mesothelioma, and multiple myeloma and cancer of the brain, digestive tract, urinary tract, liver, skin, breast, cervix, thyroid, prostate, testicle, or a cancer that has been found by research and statistics to show higher instances of occurrence in firefighters than in the general population, if he or she was exposed to a known carcinogen as determined by the Department of Health with consideration to the findings of the International Agency for R
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-5-705
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 21-5-705. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.