Provides access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters through SHBP physicians and other providers.

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This bill requires volunteer firefighters in New Jersey to receive free cancer screenings every three years, starting three years after they begin serving. These screenings will cover at least eleven types of cancer. Beginning in 2025, doctors in the State Health Benefits Program network will offer these screenings, and the state will pay for them, with a limit of $1,250 per firefighter every three years.

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Sponsorship · 11 Sponsors

Democrat6Republican5Independent0Other0

R · PrimeCarmen Amato
R · PrimeAnthony M. Bucco
D · CoTroy Singleton
D · CoPatrick Diegnan
R · CoHolly Schepisi
D · CoBrian Stack
D · CoJames Beach
D · CoAndrew Zwicker
R · CoVincent Polistina
R · CoDouglas Steinhardt
D · CoShirley Turner

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