Substitute for Raised H.B. No. 7120
Session Year 2025


AN ACT CONCERNING GRANTS FOR THE REMOVAL OF PFAS FROM FIRE APPARATUS.

To (1) establish that municipalities shall provide additional sets of turnout gear to firefighters who are diagnosed with cancer, have a predisposition to cancer or have an increased risk of developing cancer, (2) establish a pilot program to screen paid and volunteer firefighters for cancers common to firefighters, and (3) make independent fire companies and state entities eligible for grants to remove PFAS from fire apparatus and also allow grants to provide reimbursement for removals of PFAS that occurred prior to July 1, 2023.


Other Bills with Similar Topics

  Cancer 

 

  Chemicals 

 

  Fire departments 

  Fire equipment 

  Firefighters 

 

  Firefighter training 

  Fire Prevention and Control, Commission on 

  Grants by the state 

 

  Municipalities 

 

  Pilots 

 

  Plans 

 

  Reports 

 

  State Fire Marshal 

  State funds 

 

  Emergency Services and Public Protection, Department of