Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:

Amend the bill in section 1 by striking out all of subsection 7 (page 1, lines 3 to 13 in L.D.) and inserting the following:

SUMMARY

This amendment, which is the majority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development, creates a rebuttable presumption in place of the absolute right created by the bill and applies the rebuttable presumption to paid firefighters and emergency medical services persons as well as volunteers. The amendment also applies to both paid and volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services persons the bill's prohibition on an employer's or insurer's seeking to limit workers' compensation under the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992 to only those injuries that occur after the firefighter or emergency medical services person begins traveling on a public way.