Bill Title: Worker's compensation. Provides that, for worker's compensation purposes, an employee who leaves work to serve as a volunteer firefighter or member of a volunteer emergency medical services association (volunteer member) is considered an employee of the firefighting unit while in the performance of duties as a volunteer firefighter or volunteer member. Increases the maximum amount of burial expenses that an employer must pay under the worker's compensation act for the burial expenses of a covered employee who dies from an injury by an accident arising out of the employee's employment from $7,500 to $10,000. Increases the maximum amount of burial expenses that an employer must pay under the worker's occupational diseases compensation act for the burial expenses of an employee who dies from an occupational disease arising out of the employee's employment from $7,500 to $10,000.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-01 - Public Law 167 [HB1182 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Enrolled	2019-04-05	PDF	Link	View
Amended	2019-04-05	PDF	Link	View
Amended	2019-03-14	PDF	Link	View
Amended	2019-03-14	PDF	Link	View
Amended	2019-02-05	PDF	Link	View
Introduced	2019-02-05	PDF	Link	View
Introduced	2019-01-08	PDF	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
No bill amendments currently on file for Indiana HB1182

Supplemental Documents

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No supplemental documents for Indiana HB1182 currently on file.

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