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Flurry of States Eye Updates for Cancer and PTSD Presumptions

Various states are proposing modifications to existing presumptions to expand coverage for first responders.

Different types of cancers are being added to pre-existing presumptions.

This law also includes lifeguards, and certain employees in the Departments of Fish and Wildlife and Parks and Recreation.

Enacted as part of the state’s budget bill, this new regulation comes with stipulations and exclusions.

Beyond PTSD, cancers, heart conditions, and communicable diseases are seeing legislative activity.

New data from a safety trial creates concern surrounding the rheumatoid arthritis drug.

Though they’re only needed for special cases in workers’ comp, anticancer medications can easily exceed $10,000 per monthly fill.

Florida enacted a law to cover 21 different cancers, while other states like Montana, Maryland, and Virginia have recently passed similar laws.

As 2018’s legislative trends continue to spill into 2019, what big initiatives might impact workers’ comp this year?

Global spending on cancer therapies now exceeds $133 billion.