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HISTORY:

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•For years, Missouri's Workers’ Compensation Statute failed to recognize cancer among firefighters as directly related to workplace carcinogen exposure

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•Labor and management worked alongside legislators to draft legislation to create the Missouri Fire Fighters Critical Illness Pool (MFFCIP) in order to provide benefits to fire fighters with cancer

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•In May of 2021 Senate Bill 45, sponsored by Senator Lincoln Hough, was passed along with a $5,000,000 State appropriation for the MFFCIP

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•The first participants became covered by the Pool on May 1, 2022

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•Recognizing the growing concern for the mental well-being of all first responders, MFFCIP leadership worked with legislators in 2023 to expand the scope of the Critical Illness Pool to include behavioral health benefits

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•Currently, the MFFCIP covers nearly 4,000 first responders from over 120 member agencies

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