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—5— AB 2052 1 months for each full year of the requisite service,but not to exceed 2 120 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date 3 actually worked in the specified capacity. 4 (e) The amendments to this section enacted during the 1999 5 portion of the 1999-2000 Regular Session shall be applied to 6 claims for benefits filed or pending on or after January 1, 1997, 7 including, but not limited to, claims for benefits filed on or after 8 that date that have previously been denied, or that are being 9 appealed following denial. 10 (0 This section shall be known,and may be cited,as the William 11 Dallas Jones Cancer Presumption Act of 2010. 12 SEC. 3. Section 3212.5 of the Labor Code is amended to read: 13 3212.5. In the case of anima peace officer described 14 in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 15 2 of the Penal Code, when the er individual person is 16 employed upon a regular, full-time salary, the term "injury" as 17 used in this division includes heart trouble and pneumonia which 18 develops or manifests itself during a period while the-member-or 19 ind;vid„alperson is in the service the compensation that is awarded 20 for heart trouble or pneumonia as described in this section shall 21 include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability 22 indemnity,and death benefits as provided by the provisions of this 23 division. 24 (a) The heart trouble or pneumonia so developing or manifesting 25 itself shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the 26 employment; provided, however, that the mcmbcr or individual 27 the person shall have served five years or more in that capacity 28 before the presumption shall arise as to the compensability of heart 29 trouble so developing or manifesting itself. This presumption is 30 disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless 31 so controverted,the appeals board is bound to find in accordance 32 with it. This presumption shall be extended to a ...e...b.r e. 33 itteivicittat person following termination of service for a period of 34 three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, 35 but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing 36 with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity. 37 (b) The heart trouble or pneumonia so developing or manifesting 38 itself in these cases shall in no case be attributed to any disease 39 existing prior to its development or manifestation. 40 SEC.4. Section 3212.6 of the Labor Code is amended to read: 98