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FL S0992
Bill
AI Summary
- Requires employers of full-time law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officers who died from a pandemic disease contracted in the line of duty to pay the full health insurance premium for the officer's surviving spouse and dependent children
- Covers dependent children until they reach the age of majority, or until the end of the calendar year they turn 25 if they remain dependent for support or are full-time or part-time students
- Applies retroactively to deaths occurring on or after March 1, 2020, from a pandemic disease that was the subject of a declared public health emergency
- Health insurance benefits from any other source reduce the benefits payable under this provision, and fraudulently obtaining coverage constitutes a first-degree misdemeanor with forfeiture of benefits and required reimbursement
- The Legislature declares the act fulfills an important state interest, and it takes effect immediately upon becoming law
Legislative Description
Death Benefits
Last Action
Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
3/14/2022
Committee Referrals
Governmental Oversight and Accountability12/13/2021
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