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]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Matthew Lehman [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-079	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Edmond Soliday [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Martin Carbaugh [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-081	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Charles Moseley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Philip Boots [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-023	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Clyde Perfect [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator David Niezgodski [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Lonnie Randolph [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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