Arizona Revised Statutes Title 23. Labor § 23-1702. Municipal firefighter cancer reimbursement fund; exemption; rulemaking; annual report

A. The municipal firefighter cancer reimbursement fund is established consisting of monies deposited in the fund pursuant to § 23-1703. The commission shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund shall be used to reimburse municipal payors for the compensation and benefits paid by municipal payors to municipal firefighters and municipal fire investigators under § 23-901.09 for:

B. The fund consists of the following:

C. The commission shall annually distribute the monies in the fund on a prorated basis based on the amount of the individual compensation and benefits paid by a municipal payor for compensation and benefits to a municipal firefighter or municipal fire investigator for a disease, infirmity or impairment as prescribed in § 23-901.09 in proportion to the statewide aggregate of all compensation and benefits paid to municipal firefighters and municipal fire investigators pursuant to § 23-901.09 for the fiscal year. The annual distributions may not exceed the statewide aggregate of all compensation and benefits paid by municipal payors to municipal firefighters and municipal fire investigators pursuant to § 23-901.09 for the relevant fiscal year. Monies remaining undistributed at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and be available for annual distributions in future fiscal years. The commission may not reimburse monies for expenses relating to case management, vocational rehabilitation or similar nonmedical costs. The prorated share shall be distributed to the municipal payors entitled to a share without regard to the order in which the respective compensation and benefits were paid in the fiscal year.

D. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated and are exempt from the provisions of § 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.

E. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to title 41, chapter 6  1 to carry out this chapter.

F. On or before April 1 of each year, the commission shall submit a report to the legislature and the municipal payors reimbursed from the fund on the financial status of the fund. The report shall include all of the following: