Sec. 9. (a) An employee or former employee who: (1) is diagnosed with an exposure related cancer, exposure related heart or lung disease, or exposure related Parkinson's disease that: (A) requires medical treatment; or (B) results in total or partial disability; and (2) at the time of the diagnosis: (A) is actively employed; or (B) has terminated employment not more than sixty (60) months earlier; is presumed to have a disability incurred in the line of duty. (b) The presumption described in subsection (a) may be rebutted by competent evidence. (c) A meeting or hearing held to rebut the presumption described in subsection (a) may be held as an executive session under IC 5-14-1.5-6.1 (b)(1).
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