1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; expanding eligibility for survivor benefits;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, subdivisions 3, 4, by adding 
1.4 	subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 1a.Carcinogen. "Carcinogen" means an agent that is: (1) classified by the 
1.9 	International Agency for Research on Cancer under Group 1 or Group 2A; and (2) reasonably 
1.10 	linked to an exposure-related cancer.

1.11 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
1.12 	read:
1.13 		Subd. 2a.Exposure-related cancer. "Exposure-related cancer" means only the following:
1.14 	(1) bladder cancer;
1.15 	(2) brain cancer;
1.16 	(3) breast cancer;
1.17 	(4) cervical cancer;
1.18 	(5) colon cancer;
1.19 	(6) colorectal cancer;
1.20 	(7) esophageal cancer;
2.1 	(8) kidney cancer;
2.2 	(9) leukemia;
2.3 	(10) lung cancer;
2.4 	(11) malignant melanoma;
2.5 	(12) mesothelioma;
2.6 	(13) multiple myeloma;
2.7 	(14) non-Hodgkin lymphoma;
2.8 	(15) ovarian cancer;
2.9 	(16) prostate cancer;
2.10 	(17) skin cancer;
2.11 	(18) stomach cancer;
2.12 	(19) testicular cancer; and
2.13 	(20) thyroid cancer.

2.14 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.15 		Subd. 3.Killed in the line of duty. (a) "Killed in the line of duty" does not include 
2.16 	deaths from natural causes, except as expressly provided in this subdivision. In the case of 
2.17 	a public safety officer, killed in the line of duty includes the death of a public safety officer 
2.18 	caused by accidental means while the public safety officer is acting in the course and scope 
2.19 	of duties as a public safety officer. Killed in the line of duty also means if a public safety 
2.20 	officer dies as the direct and proximate result of a heart attack, stroke, or vascular rupture, 
2.21 	that officer shall be presumed to have died as the direct and proximate result of a personal 
2.22 	injury sustained in the line of duty if:
2.23 	(1) that officer, while on duty:
2.24 	(i) engaged in a situation, and that engagement involved nonroutine stressful or strenuous 
2.25 	physical activity in law enforcement, fire suppression, rescue, hazardous material response, 
2.26 	emergency medical services, prison security, disaster relief, or other emergency response 
2.27 	activity; or
2.28 	(ii) participated in a training exercise, and that participation involved nonroutine stressful 
2.29 	or strenuous physical activity;
2.30 	(2) that officer died as a result of a heart attack, stroke, or vascular rupture suffered:
3.1 	(i) while engaging or participating under clause (1);
3.2 	(ii) while still on duty after engaging or participating under clause (1); or
3.3 	(iii) not later than 24 hours after engaging or participating under clause (1); and
3.4 	(3) the presumption is not overcome by competent medical evidence to the contrary.
3.5 	(b) "Killed in the line of duty" also means that the officerincludes a public safety officer 
3.6 	who died due to suicide:
3.7 	(1) secondary to a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder as described in the most 
3.8 	recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by 
3.9 	the American Psychiatric Association; or
3.10 	(2) within 45 days of the end of exposure, while on duty, to a traumatic event.
3.11 	(c) Killed in the line of duty also includes the death of a public safety officer as a result 
3.12 	of complications caused by exposure sustained in the line of duty to any of the following 
3.13 	infectious diseases, viruses, or bacteria, if medical records identify the disease, virus, or 
3.14 	bacteria as a cause of or contributing factor to the death: COVID-19; influenza; hepatitis 
3.15 	B; hepatitis C; tuberculosis; HIV/AIDS; meningitis; MRSA; whooping cough; or 
3.16 	streptococcus pneumoniae.
3.17 	(d) Killed in the line of duty also means a public safety officer shall be presumed to have 
3.18 	been killed in the line of duty if the officer died from an exposure-related cancer that was 
3.19 	a result of exposure to a carcinogen when:
3.20 	(1) the exposure occurred while the public safety officer was acting in the course and 
3.21 	scope of duties as a public safety officer;
3.22 	(2) the public safety officer began serving as a public safety officer not fewer than five 
3.23 	years before the date of the public safety officer's diagnosis of exposure-related cancer;
3.24 	(3) the public safety officer was diagnosed with exposure-related cancer not more than 
3.25 	15 years after the public safety officer's last date of active service as a public safety officer; 
3.26 	and
3.27 	(4) the exposure-related cancer directly and proximately results in the death of the public 
3.28 	safety officer.
3.29 	(e) The presumption under paragraph (d) shall not apply if competent medical evidence 
3.30 	establishes that the exposure of the public safety officer to the carcinogen was not a 
3.31 	substantial contributing factor in the death of the public safety officer.

4.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
4.2 	final enactment and applies retroactively from February 1, 2020.

4.3 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
4.4 	read:
4.5 		Subd. 3a.Nonroutine strenuous physical activity. "Nonroutine strenuous physical 
4.6 	activity" means line-of-duty activity that:
4.7 	(1) is not an action of a clerical, administrative, or nonmanual nature;
4.8 	(2) is not performed as a matter of routine; and
4.9 	(3) entails an unusually high level of physical exertion.

4.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
4.11 	final enactment and applies retroactively from February 1, 2020.

4.12 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
4.13 	read:
4.14 		Subd. 3b.Nonroutine stressful or strenuous physical activity. "Nonroutine stressful 
4.15 	or strenuous physical activity" means nonroutine stressful physical activity or nonroutine 
4.16 	strenuous physical activity.

4.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
4.18 	final enactment and applies retroactively from February 1, 2020.

4.19 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
4.20 	read:
4.21 		Subd. 3c.Nonroutine stressful physical activity. "Nonroutine stressful physical activity" 
4.22 	means line-of-duty activity that:
4.23 	(1) is not an action of a clerical, administrative, or nonmanual nature;
4.24 	(2) is not performed as a matter of routine;
4.25 	(3) entails nonnegligible physical exertion; and
4.26 	(4) occurs:
4.27 	(i) with respect to a situation in which a public safety officer is engaged under 
4.28 	circumstances that objectively and reasonably:
5.1 	(A) pose or appear to pose significant dangers, threats, or hazards, or reasonably 
5.2 	foreseeable risks thereof, not faced by similarly situated members of the public in the 
5.3 	ordinary course; and
5.4 	(B) provoke, cause, or occasion an unusually high level of alarm, fear, or anxiety; or
5.5 	(ii) with respect to a training exercise in which a public safety officer participates under 
5.6 	circumstances that objectively and reasonably:
5.7 	(A) simulate in realistic fashion situations that pose significant dangers, threats, or 
5.8 	hazards; and
5.9 	(B) provoke, cause, or occasion an unusually high level of alarm, fear, or anxiety.

5.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
5.11 	final enactment and applies retroactively from February 1, 2020.

5.12 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
5.13 		Subd. 4.Public safety officer. "Public safety officer" includes:
5.14 	(1) a peace officer defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c) or (d);
5.15 	(2) a correction officer employed at a correctional facility and charged with maintaining 
5.16 	the safety, security, discipline, and custody of inmates at the facility;
5.17 	(3) a corrections staff person working in a public agency and supervising offenders in 
5.18 	the community as defined in sections 243.05, subdivision 6; 244.19, subdivision 1; and 
5.19 	401.01, subdivision 2;
5.20 	(4) an individual employed on a full-time or part-time basis by the state or by a fire 
5.21 	department of a governmental subdivision of the state, who is engaged in any of the following 
5.22 	duties:
5.23 	(i) firefighting;
5.24 	(ii) emergency motor vehicle operation;
5.25 	(iii) investigation into the cause and origin of fires;
5.26 	(iv) the provision of emergency medical services; or
5.27 	(v) hazardous material responder;
5.28 	(5) a legally enrolled member of a volunteer or paid on-call fire department or member 
5.29 	of an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation who is engaged in the hazards of 
5.30 	firefighting;
6.1 	(6) a good samaritan while complying with the request or direction of a public safety 
6.2 	officer to assist the officer;
6.3 	(7) a reserve police officer or a reserve deputy sheriff while acting under the supervision 
6.4 	and authority of a political subdivision;
6.5 	(8) a driver or attendant with a licensed basic or advanced life-support transportation 
6.6 	service who is engaged in providing emergency care;
6.7 	(9) a first responder who is certified by the director of the Office of Emergency Medical 
6.8 	Services to perform basic emergency skills before the arrival of a licensed ambulance service 
6.9 	and who is a member of an organized service recognized by a local political subdivision to 
6.10 	respond to medical emergencies to provide initial medical care before the arrival of an 
6.11 	ambulance; and
6.12 	(10) a person, other than a state trooper, employed by the commissioner of public safety 
6.13 	and assigned to the State Patrol, whose primary employment duty is either Capitol security 
6.14 	or the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle laws and regulations.; and
6.15 	(11) a person formerly employed as a public safety officer under clauses (1) to (5) or 
6.16 	(7) to (10) if the person separated from service due to a duty disability, as defined in section 
6.17 	353.01, subdivision 41.

6.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
6.19 	final enactment and applies retroactively from February 1, 2020.

6.20 	Sec. 8. [299A.412] DETERMINING WHAT IS ROUTINE.
6.21 	Neither of the following is dispositive in determining whether an activity or action is 
6.22 	understood to have been performed as a matter of routine under section 299A.41:
6.23 	(1) being generally described by the public safety agency as routine or ordinary; or
6.24 	(2) the frequency with which the activity or action may be performed.

6.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
6.26 	final enactment and applies retroactively from February 1, 2020.

6.27 	Sec. 9. [299A.413] EXPOSURE-RELATED CANCER CLAIMS.
6.28 	(a) An individual may file a claim that is predicated upon a public safety officer's line 
6.29 	of duty death that is the direct and proximate result of an exposure-related cancer if the 
6.30 	death occurred on or after January 1, 2020.
7.1 	(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person eligible to file a claim for an 
7.2 	exposure-related cancer line of duty death of a public safety officer that occurred after 
7.3 	January 1, 2020, but before final enactment of this act, has three years from the date of final 
7.4 	enactment of this act to file the claim.