• Date Due: December 01, 2025
  • Author: Department of Health
  • Enabling Authority: Appropriation Act - Item 272 H.3. (Regular Session, 2025)
  • Description:
    Interim report on the Northern Virginia Firefighter Occupational Cancer Screening Pilot Program that shall be designed to (i) contract with a health system-affiliated cancer screening center located in Planning District 8 to implement the pilot program, (ii) be multi-year, and (iii) screen at least 450 firefighters annually, distributed among firefighters serving localities in Planning District 8, and the design should include: (i) the use of an occupational cancer screening and risk assessment for eligible firefighters within a defined age and risk band; (ii) a randomized clinical trial investigating the optimal type of full-body imaging for cancer early-detection for the unique occupational cancer risk of firefighters; and (iii) an independent evaluation of the pilot program, assessing the effectiveness of the screening program and results of the clinical trials and their potential for use by other hospitals and health systems across Virginia, in partnership with the public safety divisions in their localities.