DES MOINES, IOWA — For two years in a row the Iowa House passed a bill that would expand the state coverage for cancer types for first responders in the state .
The bill drops the 14 cancers defined in the bill, making it a much wider definition. The goal is to allow firefighters across the state to have the ability to get coverage and have the time off necessary to go get the treatment needed.
The bill passed through the Iowa House last year, but failed to advance through the Senate. But after Wednesday’s unanimous vote, the president of the Des Moines Professional Fire Fighters is encouraged with conversations that are ongoing in the Senate…