HB30 Summary

• Amends Alabama Code Section 36-30-2 to make families of firefighters and law enforcement officers eligible for a $100,000 state death benefit if the officer dies from an occupational disease, as if they died in performance of duties.

• Requires that officers satisfy three years' service requirement and physical examination requirements under Sections 11-43-144, 36-30-22, or 36-30-41 to qualify for the occupational disease benefit.

• Allows applications for state death benefits submitted after April 29, 2010, that were previously denied because the officer was not employed on date of death to be resubmitted within six months of the act becoming law for reconsideration and approval.

• Maintains existing $100,000 compensation amount with annual cost-of-living adjustments beginning January 1, 2009, based on consumer price index changes.

• Became effective immediately upon passage by the House on April 14, 2015, and Senate on May 19, 2015.