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• Minn. bill would allow presumption of work-related COVID-19

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  First responders in the state are urging lawmakers to pass the bill in order to ease the path to workers' compensation

• Mass. lawmakers seek hazard duty pay for quarantined, infected first responders

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  A bipartisan proposal would prevent affected first responders in the state from needing to using their sick, personal or vacation days while they are unable to work

• Lawmaker to propose federal tax holiday for first responders

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  Rep. Bill Huizenga plans to introduce a bill that would allow for a three-month tax holiday modeled after tax relief for active military

• Petition calls for first responder hazard pay during COVID-19 pandemic

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  A Change.org petition launched by a Kentucky EMT has received nearly 25,000 signatures over the last two weeks

• IAFC president says fire and EMS ‘orphaned’ by Congress and Trump

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  Chief Gary Ludwig calls for action, saying federal aid for fire and EMS was largely overlooked in the CARES Act

• Treasury secretary says first responders could receive COVID-19 hazard pay

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  U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said a fourth stimulus package could include hazard pay for those on the front lines of the crisis

• IAFC details how COVID-19-driven stimulus bill impacts fire service

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  The stimulus bill identifies the funding streams used to reimburse fire and EMS departments for operational costs during national emergency

• Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Understanding the leave provisions

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  The new law provides for two types of leave for employees impacted by COVID-19

• Ohio bill would mandate COVID-19 disclosure to first responders

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  The proposal comes after firefighters who transported the first patient in the state to die from the disease were not notified of the exposure

• Fla. legislature approves bill to protect firefighters from cancer

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  The bill will help fund equipment, supplies and training to help reduce exposure to cancer-causing contaminants

• San Diego spending $59M on new fire engines, ladder trucks

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  The city will purchase more than three dozen new vehicles to upgrade its aging fleet

• Councilmen campaign against ambulance levy after city switches to fire-EMS

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  One Uhrichsville councilman and a councilman from another city went door-to-door hoping to force the city to reconsider the switch

• NJ ‘burnout bill’ would allow FFs, police to retire early with pension

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  The bill would permit firefighters and police officers to retire after 20 years, but without health benefits

• Pa. official to conduct review of volunteer FF funding

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  The state’s auditor general said he wants to ensure volunteer agencies are receiving the maximum state aid

• President Trump declares COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency

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  The administration's federal task force managing the crisis was working to break a bottleneck in the nation's ability to test for COVID-19

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