Expanding public-safety cancer benefits
What they say
In the October13 debate, Turek said he had worked in the Iowa Legislature to expand cancer coverage for firefighters.
What the record shows ·
Turek served on the subcommittee for HSB266, which became H.F.969, and voted yes on its final House passage on April15, 2025. The law, signed June6, broadened the cancer definition used in specified public-safety retirement benefits.
Limit: This concerns defined retirement, disability and death benefits, not a new health-insurance benefit for every firefighter or payment of every cancer claim. The bill’s sponsor was the State Government Committee; subcommittee service and a vote do not establish sole authorship.