Bill Text: TX HB2957 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to periodic occupational cancer screenings for firefighters.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-01 - Referred to Local Government [HB2957 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2957-Engrossed.html
| By: Bumgarner, Lujan, Neave Criado, Stucky, | H.B. No. 2957 | |
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| relating to periodic occupational cancer screenings for | ||
| firefighters. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Wade Cannon Act. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 180.010 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 180.010. OCCUPATIONAL CANCER SCREENING FOR | ||
| FIREFIGHTERS. (a) In this section, "firefighter" means an | ||
| individual defined as fire protection personnel under Section | ||
| 419.021, Government Code. | ||
| (b) A political subdivision that employs firefighters shall | ||
| offer an occupational cancer screening to each firefighter at no | ||
| cost to the firefighter in the fifth year of the firefighter's | ||
| employment, and once every three years following the initial | ||
| screening. | ||
| (c) The occupational cancer screening must be confidential | ||
| and test for each type of cancer, including: | ||
| (1) colorectal cancer; | ||
| (2) prostate cancer, if applicable; | ||
| (3) lung cancer; and | ||
| (4) brain cancer. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
