§ 34A-3-114 — Cancer screening for public firefighters.

(1) (1)(a) The Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health shall offer a firefighter working for a public fire department, or a public firefighting organization, a cancer screening after seven years but before eight years of active service as a firefighter, continuous or combined:
(1)(a)(i) every five years for firefighters 49 years old or younger; and
(1)(a)(ii) every three years for firefighters 50 years old and older until the firefighter reaches the social security retirement qualifying age.
(1)(b) The screening shall include applicable screening for presumptive cancer.
(2) (2)(a) Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health shall begin offering cancer screenings through the fire and rescue training program no later than January 1, 2026.
(2)(b) Beginning January 1, 2029, and for each plan year that follows, a public fire department or public firefighting organization shall provide health care benefits, including cancer screening, consistent with the requirement of this section for the public fire department or public firefighting organization's employed or contracted firefighters.
(3) (3)(a) The public fire department or public firefighting organization shall provide reimbursement to employed or contracted firefighters for co-payment, deductible, coinsurance, or other out-of-pocket expenses employed or contracted firefighters pay to the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health.
(3)(b) An employed or contracted firefighter shall submit adequate documentation of the copayment, deductible, coinsurance, or other out-of-pocket expense to the public fire department or public firefighting organization for which the employed or contracted firefighter is associated for reimbursement in accordance with Subsection (3)(a).

Legislative History

Enacted by Chapter 184, 2025 General Session