Bill Text: PA HB1758 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for death benefit eligibility.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 52-34)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-06-22 - Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS [HB1758 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1758-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2235
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1758 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY MANN, GERBER, ADOLPH, BARBIN, BELFANTI, BEYER, BISHOP, BOYD, BOYLE, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, BURNS, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, CASORIO, CAUSER, COHEN, D. COSTA, P. COSTA, CREIGHTON, DALLY, DEASY, DONATUCCI, ELLIS, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FARRY, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GERGELY, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARKINS, HARRIS, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, KILLION, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MATZIE, McCALL, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MENSCH, MICOZZIE, MURPHY, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PEIFER, PERZEL, PHILLIPS, PRESTON, PYLE, READSHAW, REED, REICHLEY, SABATINA, SANTARSIERO, SANTONI, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STERN, STURLA, J. TAYLOR, THOMAS, VULAKOVICH, YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK, JUNE 22, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, JUNE 22, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 24, 1976 (P.L.424, No.101), entitled,
as amended, "An act providing for the payment of death
benefits to the surviving spouse or children or parents of
firefighters, ambulance service or rescue squad members, law
enforcement officers or National Guard members who die as a
result of the performance of their duties," further providing
for death benefit eligibility.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1(d) and (e) of the act of June 24, 1976
(P.L.424, No.101), referred to as the Emergency and Law
Enforcement Personnel Death Benefits Act, amended October 6,
2005 (P.L.319, No.59) and July 2, 2007 (P.L.68, No.21), are
amended to read:
Section 1. * * *
(d) Upon receipt of such certification, the Commonwealth
shall, from moneys payable out of the General Fund, pay to the
[political subdivision] surviving spouse or, if there is no
surviving spouse, to the minor children of the firefighter,
ambulance service, certified hazardous material response team
member, rescue squad member or law enforcement officer who died
as a result of the performance of his duty the sum of [$100,000]
$250,000, adjusted in accordance with subsection (f) of this
section. [If the deceased was a member of a team organized under
a Commonwealth agency, the death benefit shall be paid to the
Commonwealth agency instead of the political subdivision. Within
five days of receipt of said sum from the Commonwealth, the
political subdivision or Commonwealth agency shall pay such sum
as a benefit to the surviving spouse, or if there is no
surviving spouse, to the minor children of the firefighter,
ambulance service member, certified hazardous material response
team member, rescue squad member or law enforcement officer who
died as a result of the performance of his duty.] When no spouse
or minor children survive, the benefit shall be paid to the
parent or parents of such firefighter, ambulance service member,
certified hazardous material response team member, rescue squad
member or law enforcement officer.
(e) The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall pay out of the
General Fund to the surviving spouse or, if there is no
surviving spouse, the minor children of a National Guard member,
State police officer or other law enforcement officer of the
Commonwealth who died as a result of the performance of his
duties the sum of [$100,000] $250,000, adjusted in accordance
with subsection (f) of this section. When no spouse or minor
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children survive, the benefit shall be paid to the parent or
parents of such National Guard member, State police officer or
other law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth. The benefit
shall be payable whether or not the National Guard member or
officer died as a result of the performance of his duty within
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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